Sony is planning to offer downloads of music, and Universal is lowering CD prices (to $12.98!) in response to the drop in sales.

Katie Dean/Wired report that people want their music in more granular chunks than CDs, so singles rule again. Although Jon Pareles/NYTimes says that CD's are still the format of choice, at least regarding his reviews of the Neptunes, Tigerbeat6 and Mike Nardone's compilation albums. And Alorie Gilbert/CNet report on the eBay resale of an iTunes song (htm). Ebay says they are removing it because they prohibit selling electronic data, but it brings up interesting first-sale doctrine issues. Johanna Jainchill/NYTimes interview Mike Stuto of Hi-Fi, who has a 26,000 song "heavenly jukebox" made by EL DJ (coming soon, a home version of their software!). Yes they pay royalties, but the patrons of Hi-Fi love it, in part because there are so many more choices than the usual 200 CDs in a jukebox. Again, granularity and selection rock!