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   iTunes store: 5 billion songs; 50,000 movies per day
iTunes store: 5 billion songs; 50,000 movies per day
Apple issued two nice round numbers on Thursday. First, it announced that the number of songs purchased and downloaded from the iTunes store since it opened on April 28, 2003 has passed the 5 billion mark. This represents a continued acceleration of music sales. It took Apple ( AAPL ) ...
Apple: ‘iPhone Your Life’
apple.com — New section on Apple’s iPhone web site promoting third-party apps. Interesting for at least two reasons: (1) I’ve already found a couple of interesting apps I’d never heard of before, and (2) it shows you which iPhone apps Apple ... (more) Apple: ‘iPhone Your Life’
Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks
Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks
blog.wired.com — Appearing to cave to Hollywood demands, Apple has quietly added a restrictive copyright protection mechanism to its new MacBooks that is preventing customers from watching movies on external displays. Apple has secretly included a copy ... (more) Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to ...
     Apple’s Advertising Budget: Revealed! | Technology Industry Blog
Apple’s Advertising Budget: Revealed! | Technology Industry Blog
industry.bnet.com — Just how much Apple spends on advertising has been a fun guessing game among bloggers and analysts recently, particularly given Apple’s successful “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” campaign. Not only have the spots starring John Hodgman as the hapless ... (more) Apple’s Advertising Budget: Revealed! | ...
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eMusic: 250 Million Songs Downloaded. iTunes: 5 Billion+
TechCrunch — ... Will the music subscription business ever grow beyond its current niche? It looks increasingly doubtful. Today, eMusic announced that since it launched its current music subscription service in 2003, customers have downloaded 250 million songs. Apple’s iTunes, by comparison, has sold more than 5 billion songs since it opened the iTunes Store in April, 2003. That makes eMusic one twentieth the size of iTunes. ...

eMusic: 250 million songs downloaded. iTunes: 5 Billion+
CrunchGear — ... Will the music subscription business ever grow beyond its current niche? It looks increasingly doubtful. Today, eMusic announced that since it launched its current music subscription service in 2003, customers have downloaded 250 million songs. Apple’s iTunes, by comparison, has sold more than 5 billion songs since it opened the iTunes Store in April, 2003. That makes eMusic one twentieth the size of iTunes. ...

iTunes Sells 6 Billion Songs, And Other Fun Stats From The Philnote
TechCrunch — ... It’s an annual tradition. Every year at Macworld, Apple releases a smattering of stats that gives a peak at how its business is doing. At this year’s Philnote (Phil Schiller gave the speech instead of Steve Jobs), which was Apple’s last Macworld appearance, the stats were few and far between. A few morsels for the information-starved Apple faithful (and investors). But here they are: iTunes has now sold six billion songs (it crossed the 5 billion mark last June). Over 10 million different tracks are available on iTunes. ...

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