Anywhere CD Closes Shop, CEO Accepts Blame

Even with the rise of open source code, blogging, and generally living life in public, there’s one notable exception to the culture of openness: rarely does a CEO want to talk about his failures. This blog post by AnywhereCD founder Michael Robertson, who was also the founding CEO of MP3.com, is refreshing in not only […]

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Even with the rise of open source code, blogging, and generally living life in public, there's one notable exception to the culture of openness: rarely does a CEO want to talk about his failures. This blog post by AnywhereCD founder Michael Robertson, who was also the founding CEO of MP3.com, is refreshing in not only doing just that, but taking the initiative to publicly analyze where he went wrong. AnywhereCD will close its doors on September 30, the same day a court settlement decreed that AnywhereCD can no longer sell DRM-free tunes from Warner Music.

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