Wednesday, April 28, 2004

BusinessWeek: Apple made the right move with IBM [The Macintosh News Network] comment []9:49:19 PM

Analysts: Apple safeguards online music lead. Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday briefed industry analysts and media on the third generation iTunes Music Store, details of which were first revealed on MacCentral earlier this morning. Industry analysts feel the new release will not only increase the pressure on Microsoft Corp., but also safeguard Apple's lead in the competitive online music download market. [MacCentral] comment []9:34:58 PM

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iTunes Celebrates First Anniversary. [base "]iTunes has exceeded our wildest expectations during its first year, charting a new direction for the music industry,[per thou] said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. In its first year, music fans have purchased more than 70 million songs, making it the number one online music service in the world with more than 70% market share of legal downloads for singles and albums. iTunes customers are currently purchasing 2.7 million songs per week, a rate of 140 million songs per year. To kick off its second year, Apple today launched the third generation iTunes Music Store, featuring the industry[base ']s largest online music catalog of over 700,000 songs from all five major music companies and over 450 independent music labels, as well as groundbreaking new features. [Apr 28] [Apple Hot News] comment []5:35:43 PM

iTunes 4.5 to add iMix, videos, trailers, WMA import, more. Apple Computer Inc. is set to unveil iTunes 4.5, a new version of the company's music jukebox software that will contain many new features. Included in the new version will be iMix, Music Videos, Video Trailers, support for importing Windows Media Files, free weekly downloads and Radio Charts. [MacCentral] comment []11:44:08 AM

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