Mail music.Scott Blum, founder of online music site iMusic.com--which he sold to ArtistDirect Inc. and then to Apple Computer Inc.--has launched another online music venture. But this time he's using e-mail, rather than the vast ocean of the Web. DailyCD is a free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. newsletter featuring music articles and select albums, and draws from musicologists A musicologist is someone who studies musicology. An ethnomusicologist is someone who studies ethnomusicology; a zoomusicologist is someone who studies zoomusicology. and music journalists--but it only features one album per day. "The idea of digesting something in bite-size chunks was very appealing," Blum said. Since leaving iMusic, Blum has established Daily Media, an e-mail newsletter company whose flagship newsletter--DailyOM, centered on aromatherapy aromatherapy Therapy using essential oils and water-based colloids extracted from plant materials to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual health and balance. Single or combined extracts may be diffused into inhaled air, used in massage oil, or added to bathwater. and healing--has more than 350,000 subscribers. The newsletter is advertiser supported, delivering a nugget Nugget A 15 year Gold FHLMC (Freddie Mac) bond; similar to a Dwarf. of holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine wisdom each day to readers' inboxes. Instead of waiting for users to check the Web site, the Web site comes to them. "The No. 1 most-used application on the Internet for the last 20 years is e-mail," Blum said. "It far outweighs peer-to-peer." Blum wants to simplify the mountains of information on the Web that many find daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin . DailyCD does the selecting for you. The idea that too many choices might be a bad thing is tough for some of us to swallow--but secretly, many welcome fewer choices. "Other music sites force people to invest several hours," Blum explained said. "DailyCD is going after just a few minutes of your day." Staff Reporter Hilary Potkewitz can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 226, or by e-mail at hpotkewitz@ labusinessjournal.com. |
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