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HBO To Offer Shows On iTunes
By Mike Sachoff - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 11:05am.
HBO has reached a deal with Apple to offer half a dozen of its shows on iTunes.Programs that will be available from HBO on iTunes include "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "Deadwood," "Rome," "Flight of the Conchords" and "The Wire."
Starbucks-iTunes Offering "Pick Of The Week"
By Bruce Houghton - Wed, 04/16/2008 - 2:31pm.
Expanding their ongoing marketing partnership, Starbucks and iTunes yesterday announced Pick of the Week, offering coffeehouse customers free downloads and videos. Upcoming Pick of the Week artists include Carly Simon, Duffy, Counting Crows, Adele, Sia, and Hilary McRae.
MySpace Launches iTunes Rival
By Jordan McCollum - Fri, 04/04/2008 - 9:35am.
MySpace announces that they will launch MySpace Music, a service to rival Apple’s popular iTunes music player and marketplace. Like iTunes, MySpace Music will feature streaming music, paid DRM-free MP3 downloads and music-related merchandise.
Who's #2 In Music Downloads?
By Bruce Houghton - Thu, 03/27/2008 - 2:23pm.
Earlier this week USA Today
Amazon Taking On iTunes
By Mike Sachoff - Wed, 03/26/2008 - 2:29pm. 2 comments
Amazon's MP3 store is closing in on Apple's iTunes even though it only launched around six months ago.
Disney Brings In $123 Million Via iTunes
By Mike Sachoff - Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:03pm. 1 comment
Disney has made a projected $123 million in sales of video via Apple iTunes.The estimate comes from comments that Disney CEO Bob Iger made at the Digital Hollywood Media Summit. Iger said Disney has sold 4 million movies and 40 to 50 million videos through iTunes, since it made content available on the service in 2006.
Michael Jackson's Label Denies Beatles, iTunes Deal
By David A. Utter - Mon, 03/10/2008 - 7:55pm. 1 comment
Forget about The Beatles hitting the iTunes Music Store anytime soon, as the Jackson/Sony publishing company Sony/ATV dismissed the chatter coming from England trumpeting a deal.
The Beatles Meet iTunes In $400M Deal
By David A. Utter - Mon, 03/10/2008 - 6:08am.
Paul McCartney and Steve Jobs finally found a way to move The Beatles catalog to iTunes, after years of unsuccessful attempts.
iTunes Becomes Number 2 Music Seller In U.S.
By Mike Sachoff - Wed, 02/27/2008 - 11:59am.
The amount of music that consumers purchased in the U.S. rose by 6 percent in 2007, according to The NPD Group.An increase in digital download revenues was not able to make up for the decline in CD sales, which resulted in a net 10 percent decline in music spending (from $44 to $40 per capita among Internet users).
MySpace In Talks To Launch Free Music Service
By Mike Sachoff - Wed, 02/20/2008 - 10:36am.
MySpace is in discussions with major record labels to develop a new ad supported service that would allow its users to listen to music for free on their computers.The News Corp company has been in talks with Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI, according to people familiar with the situation.
