MP3 Newswire is one of the earliest news sites focused on digital media technology. Inspired by the success of the Diamond Rio, the site began in December of 1998, initially to review and report on products and technological advances. It quickly evolved and stories grew from straight technical news articles to business commentaries supporting the growth of digital media as an industry and essays that encouraged debate on copyright and fair use among the readership. The Rio PMP-300 portable mp3 player The top view shows the face of the player. ...
Columnists include the site's founder Richard Menta, Jon Newton, Helen McGovern, Colin Stoner, Robert Menta, Thomas Mennecke, and George Ziemann. Columnist, Technology Business Analyst - An MBA from Rutgers University, Menta is noted as the editor-in-chief of MP3 Newswire, where his influential commentaries fostered debate on the burgeoning digital music scene. ...
Ruffo, Stan: November 18, 1999 RIAA vs. Internet Radio - An Open Letter (http://web.archive.org/web/20000531003606/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/letter.html)
Menta, Richard: December 9 1999 RIAA Sues Music Startup Napster for $20 Billion (http://web.archive.org/web/20031209183601/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/napster.html)
Menta, Richard: December 15, 1999 Test Driving the New Diamond Rio PMP 500 (http://web.archive.org/web/20000620110436/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/rio500.html)
2000
Menta, Richard: January 11, 2000 1200 Song MP3 Portable is a Milestone Player (http://web.archive.org/web/20010603024154/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/personaljuke.html) - Review of the first hard drive based MP3 portable
Menta, Richard: February 20, 2000 Is MP3 Music a Perishable Product? (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217191730/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/buycd.html) - Essay that first explored the theory that consumers shared files to sample music before purchasing.
McGovern, Helen: March 6, 2000 Adventures in MP3 Part 1 (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217105655/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/adventures1.html) and Adventures in MP3 Part 2 (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217101217/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/adventures2.html) - Beginner's foray into MP3
Dolendi, Dave: May 22 2000 RIAA v. NAPSTER in Layman's Terms (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217120945/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/napsterlaw.html)
Menta, Richard: June 16 2000 MP3: You Can't Catch Me (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217084752/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/catch.html)
Menta, Richard: August 3, 2000 Priced to Lose? Labels Sell Music Online (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/lose.html)
Menta, Richard: October 28, 2000 Did Napster Take Radiohead's New Album to Number 1? (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/radiohead.html)
Menta, Richard: November 27 2000 The Top 10 Tested MP3 Portables For Xmas 2000 (http://web.archive.org/web/20031216211141/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/topmp3.html) - Photos and reviews of first generation MP3 players
2001
Menta, Richard: Jan 16, 2001 Who Will Buy EMusic com? (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217134245/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/buyemusic.html) - Business case for the eMusic service.
Menta, Richard: Feb 21, 2001 Napster Makes $1 Billion Settlement Offer (http://web.archive.org/web/20031209162015/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/napsterbribe.html) - The record industry should have taken it.
Menta, Richard: May 17, 2001 MusicNet and Duet: downloads expire after 30 days (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217142150/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/expire.html) - Commentary on the record industry's rent-a-song-download plan
Menta, Richard: August 9, 2001 6 CDs a Year (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217130741/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/6cd.html) - Business case on how cheap digital music downloads can offer a tiered pricing scheme to supplement CD sales
Menta, Richard: October 8, 2001 Devaluing the Product - Copyright-protected CDs (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/devalue.html)
Menta, Richard: October 19 2001 NetRadio.com Dies (http://web.archive.org/web/20031006194332/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/netradio.html) - The death of American Net radio industry
Menta, Richard: October 23, 2001 The Napster version of "Reefer Madness" (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217134957/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/disney.html)
Menta, Richard: November 30, 2001 Three Lawsuits and a Funeral (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217142538/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/funeral.html)
Menta, Richard: December 19, 2001 Review: IBM's 1GB Microdrive (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217145939/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/microdrive.html)
Menta, Richard: December 31, 2001 MP3 2001 in Review: The Winners (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217130143/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/2001winners.html)
Menta, Richard: December 31, 2001 MP3 2001 in Review: The Losers (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217130415/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/2001losers.html)
2002
Mennecke, Thomas: January 30, 2002 Review: eDonkey2000 (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/eDonkey.html)
Menta, Richard: October 13, 2002 Review: The Archos Jukebox Multimedia (http://web.archive.org/web/20031206062557/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/archosmultimedia.html) - review of the first personal media player (PMP)
Menta, Richard: October 21, 2002 Raising the Barriers to Entry (http://web.archive.org/web/20031204024013/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/raising.html)
Menta, Richard: November 11, 2002 Consumer Attitudes and the Record Industry (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/reflect.htm)
Newton, Jon: November 25, 2002 P2P: They can slow it down, but they can't kill it, says new research paper (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217115727/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/slow.html)
Menta, Richard: April 12, 2003 Will Apple Buy Universal Music? (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217122952/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/apple_universal.html)
Ziemann, George: April 17, 2003 The Music Piracy Myth (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217132614/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/myth.html)
Higgins, Cory & Tannam, Ciarán: May 18, 2003 Slyck’s Guide to BitTorrent (http://web.archive.org/web/20031209181756/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/bittorrent.html)
Menta, Richard: June 1, 2003 Copy Protection and the Reasonable Man (http://web.archive.org/web/20031206094228/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/crime.html)
Ziemann, George: July 1, 2003 Thomas Edison, Intellectual Property and the Recording Industry Part I (http://web.archive.org/web/20031001215559/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly.html),Part II (http://web.archive.org/web/20031001215559/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly2.html), Part III (http://web.archive.org/web/20031001215559/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly3.html), Part IV (http://web.archive.org/web/20031001215559/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly4.html), Part V (http://web.archive.org/web/20031001215559/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly5.html)
Menta, Richard: July 06, 2003 Efficiency of the Market (http://web.archive.org/web/20031217124846/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/efficiency.html)
Menta, Richard: August 23, 2003 CDs and the Scarcity Principle (http://web.archive.org/web/20040201230806/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/scarce.html)
Menta, Richard: December 1, 2003 MP3 Newswire Celebrates Five Years (http://web.archive.org/web/20040204184606/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/anniversary.html)
2004
Menta, Richard: January 2, 2004 The Digital Media Winners of 2003 (http://web.archive.org/web/20040201231313/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/winners2003.html)
Menta, Richard: January 2, 2004 The Digital Media Losers of 2003 (http://web.archive.org/web/20040201225136/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/losers2003.html)
Newton, Jon: January 17 2004 Morpheus 4 is Here and Legal (http://web.archive.org/web/20040201232033/www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/morpheus_4.html)
Newton, Jon: February 25, 2004 Grey Album goes Gold (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/grey_album.html)
Menta, Richard: April 22, 2004 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Will Help Record Artists (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/sarbanes.html)
Menta, Richard: July 15 2004 Thump: Oakley's MP3 Sunglasses (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/thump.html)
Mennecke, Thomas: September 1, 2004 Interview With a Victim of the RIAA (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/charli.html)
Menta, Richard: September 24, 2004 California State Bill 1506 - File Traders Get Mark of Caine (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/sb1506.html)
Menta, Richard: September 26, 2004 Online Movie Download Sales To Grow (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/moviedownloads.html)
Menta, Richard: October 14, 2004, iPod Killers for Christmas Part I (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/xmasplayers.html), Part II (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/xmasplayers2.html), Part III (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/xmasplayers3.html), Part IV (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/xmasplayers4.html), Part V (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2004/xmasplayers5.html)
2005
Menta, Richard: January 8, 2005 The Digital Media Winners of 2004 (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/fiv/winners.html)
Menta, Richard: January 8, 2005 The Digital Media Losers of 2004 (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/fiv/losers.html)
Menta, Richard: March 3, 2005 What Makes a Journalist? Thoughts on Apple and Think Secret (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/journalist.html)
Newton, Jon: March 18, 2005 MP3 Frees the Music of Fiona Apple (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/fiona.html)
Menta, Richard: March 21, 2005 Bruce Springsteen's 'The Boss' iPod (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/bossipod.html)
Newton, John: April 5, 2005 Podcast Popularity Booms (http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/podcasting.html)
MP3 files are played via media player software in the computer, such as iTunes or Windows Media Player, as well as in countless iPods and other handheld players that use flash memory or hard disks for storage (see digital music player).
MP3 VBR (variable bit rate) is an enhanced format that adjusts the compression based on the complexity of the music (see MP3 VBR).
Because MP3 is a lossy format, it is able to provide a number of different options for its "bit rate" — that is, the number of bits of encoded data that are used to represent each second of audio.
MP3 popularity was mostly due to, and interchangeable with, the successes of companies and software packages like Nullsoft's Winamp (released in 1997), mpg123, and Napster (released in 1999).
Due to the fact that their lossy encoding loses information, MP3 algorithms work hard to ensure that the parts lost cannot be detected by human listeners by modeling the general characteristics of human hearing (e.g., due to noise masking).
The MPEG-1 standard does not include a precise specification for an MP3 encoder.The decoding algorithm and file format, as a contrast, are well defined.Implementers of the standard were supposed to devise their own algorithms suitable for removing parts of the information in the raw audio (or rather its MDCT representation in the frequency domain).
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