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The Dark Knight outsells every other iTunes movie in 2008 before it’s even released?
VentureBeat — ... Apple launched a new “iTunes 2008” section of the iTunes store tonight, showcasing the store’s top content for the year. The best selling movies of the year section is particularly interesting because at the top of the list is a movie that isn’t available yet: The Dark Knight. ...

News: Mix: In-Ear Headphones, iTunes 2008, Brothers In Arms, Star Wars
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... are now available for order from the Apple Store online. Announced during Apple’s Let’s Rock event in September, the new headphones offer dual drivers, and an in-line control capsule that offers volume, play/pause, and next/previous track controls, as well as an integrated microphone. The In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic sell for $79. As in years past, Apple has posted a special section of the iTunes store dedicated to the top media of 2008. Both top sellers and editor top picks are listed for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, music videos, audiobooks, and, for the ...

Apple Announces Top iTunes Downloads, 2008
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — ... Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews It’s that time of the year when everyone announces their “Top” list. Top this, top that. Feeling left out, Apple has launched a special section of iTunes that lists the top iTunes downloads of 2008. This includes not only movies, TV shows and music, but also App Store purchases for the iPod Touch and iPhone. Note that Apple does not release individual sales figures for each item, so we have no idea how many of each were sold from iTunes, though some artists or their reps will of course provide digital download figures. In terms of albums, ...

Top App Store Downloads for 2008 Paint a Picture of Buying Habits [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... The lists appear as part of the iTunes Store 2008 year-in-review mini-site, which also features the most popular movies, songs, TV shows, and podcasts. Of course, the items on each list differ according to which region you’re in. The list discussed here is that found in the U.S. version. ...

Year-End Lists: Top AppStore Downloads
Cult of Mac — ... the list of top paid app downloads, while Koi Pond quietly, like a zen warrior, took the top honors. Amazingly, enough people paid for iBeer to put it in the #10 spot. Among the free downloads, two music apps, Pandora Radio and Shazam were in the top 5 (#1 and #4, respectively) and in only two months of availability, Google Earth managed to place #7. For all of the AppStore’s Top Lists, click here. For all of the iTunes Store’s Top Lists, click here.

MAKE best of iTunes 2008
MAKE Magazine — ... is in the iTunes best of 2008 list, I wanted to say thanks to all the viewers, makers and our team who makes it all possible! The MAKE podcast started out almost 5 years ago on my hacked up Linux running iPod that I'd use to record makers talking about their projects, it's all grown up! ...

iTunes shows off the best of 2008
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Apple has created a "Best of 2008" [iTunes link] section in the iTunes Store. On this page, Apple lets everyone know what the top-downloaded ...

The Most Popular Music of 2008: iTunes vs Last.fm
Mashable! — It’s that time of year – the “best of” 2008 lists. Previously the realm of TV specials, web services now routinely put out their own lists, providing a glimpse into the trends of the past year. Over the past 24 hours, both iTunes and Last.fm have put out lists of the most popular music on their respective services, based on the number of downloads and listens. Here’s a side-by-side look at how the two compare: Top Track iTunes 1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 3. Flo Rida - ...

What's On asks 'WTF?'
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Last week, Apple launched a special page [iTunes link] within iTunes celebrating the best of 2008 in all the various content categories. The Apps page [ ...

“What’s On” with Apple!
Planet iPhones —     Recently, Apple published it’s list of “ Best of 2008 ” with a special page on iTunes. They published the top free and top paid selling stuff on the basis of Gross Sales.  But screenshots taken only hours apart show that a certain apps were changed or removed from the list completely.  [image]      When the best of 2008 list was published by Apple, an app called ...

Review: Pandora 2.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch
iPhone Approll — ... in July of 2008, the Pandora internet radio iPhone App has been one of our favorites and a consistent top download [iTunes link] from Apple's iTunes App store. Pandora's uncluttered and intuitive interface, coupled with its unique knack for song recommendations, makes it an ideal no-fuss App for anyone looking to add streaming music capabilities to their ...