It’s long been the accusation lobbed at Spotify, Rdio, Mog and the streaming services: Users have no reason to buy music, thanks to 24/7 access to all-you-can-eat streaming of their 10 to 20 ...
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Google's long-rumored Play Music All Access service is already out the door, while Apple's iRadio is still bogged down in licensing talks. According to music industry sources, all the haggling... 
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Het zal me benieuwen hoeveel er qua rechten (ping ping) uiteindelijk naar de songwriters en de uitvoerende artiesten / muzikanten zal gaan... Hoe geweldig de streaming services e.d. ook zijn het werkt de devaluatie en de ondergang van de (kwaliteits) muziekindustrie nog meer in de hand. Maar... alles beter dan het 'in massa' illegaal downloaden. Delete the scoop?
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Apple still needs the other major labels, but this brings it a step closer to launching its Internet radio service. Read this article by Paul Sloan on CNET News. Delete the scoop?
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A decade after the launch of iTunes, Apple is still the king of digital music. But as attitudes about music ownership continue to shift, the software’s next 10 years will likely be more challenging than its last. Delete the scoop?
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NEW YORK (AP) — When Apple launched its iTunes music store a decade ago amid the ashes of Napster, the music industry — reeling from the effects of online piracy — was anxious to see how the new music service would shake out. Delete the scoop?
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"After nearly a decade since selling its first digital song, Apple Inc.'s iTunes continues to dominate with a 63% unit share of the U.S. market for digital music downloads in the fourth quarter, according to estimates released Tuesday by the NPD Group Inc." Delete the scoop?
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Apple has just announced that customers have purchased more than 25 billion songs from iTunes, a figure that reaffirms the company's position atop the digital music market. "We are grateful to... Delete the scoop?
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As it did yesterday, on occasion Apple reports the cumulative total downloads and payments to developers. Since this is done in variable time intervals, it makes analysis of the value of the app st... Via Denis Huré | the first club Delete the scoop?
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Howdy folks, and interesting infographic detailing the competitive strengths and weaknesses of iTunes, Amazon and Google Music provided to us by the folks at Neo Mammalian Studios. It is a bit biased towards Google Music but does display some interesting facts folks. Enjoy! Via Yvan Boudillet Delete the scoop?
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Apple today announced it has launched its iTunes Store in fifty-six countries, including Russia, Turkey, India, South Africa. iTunes Stores are now available in a total 119... Delete the scoop?
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"Apple is a company that has been in the news a lot recently. Between it’s patent lawsuits against Samsung (and others) to the release of the iPhone 5 and iPad mini, and the backlash against iOS 6 and the flawed Apple Maps app, Apple always manages to stay in the headlines. But with a company that has a flair for publicity and a history for showing up their competition at their own game, you never really know what to expect." Delete the scoop?
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Apple Inc. and major music labels have intensified negotiations to start an advertising-supported Internet radio service by early next year, according to people with knowledge of the talks. Delete the scoop?
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"Yesterday, we think we uncovered a revenue strategy from Twitter: piggybacking on top of the affiliate links people attach to iTunes links." Delete the scoop?
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Any subscription music service from Apple could fundamentally alter the entertainment business. But it may come only when iTunes' current gas runs out, and we're not quite there yet. Delete the scoop?
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In the latest quarter the iTunes top line grew by 32%. Additional newly reported items: Quarterly revenues topped $4 billion (a new high) and the company suggests that this rate is maintainable by ... 
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May 13, 12:48 PM
This article points out about how much each individual spends on iTunes a year. The diagrams are very informative and credited by a reliable source. Delete the scoop?
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"In the 10 years since it opened, the iTunes Music Store has come to sell not just music but TV shows, movies, ebooks and apps." Delete the scoop?
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"iTunes sales were a record $2.4 billion, up 28% from the previous year. iTunes sales were $2.1 million in the quarter ended December 31. The music store launched in 56 new markets, such as Russia and South Africa, at the end of December. The App Store is in 155 countries. The Music Store is available in 119 countries." Delete the scoop?
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More than a decade ago, Gracenote received some cryptic advice from Apple to buy more servers. What followed — the launch of iTunes and iPod — blew up Gracenote’s database to epic proportions and laid the groundwork for a metadata empire. Delete the scoop?
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You've hopefully already seen yesterday's story on Apple announcing the iTunes Store's 25bn music-downloads milestone. So what more can we l Delete the scoop?
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App Store saw 2 billion downloads in December 2012 alone Delete the scoop?
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Amazon today announced a new version of its MP3 store, designed to work on iPhone and iPod touch devices from Apple. Delete the scoop?
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Google, Facebook and even Yahoo have been hailed as visionary companies that aren't just disrupting old media, they're replacing it. Delete the scoop?
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The iconic rock band's entire catalog, along with two iTunes-exclusive box sets, became available on Monday, Nov. 19. In the week ending Nov. 25, the band's 25 albums moved... Delete the scoop?
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"Maybe people don’t always want to subscribe to all the music in the world. Maybe the superfans among us thirst for something more: a way to subscribe only to the bands that matter most to us." Delete the scoop?
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Ping was scheduled for unceremonious termination at the end of September, and now it's definitely gone dark. Clicking on the Ping link in the iTunes sidebar now returns an error, if it even still appears there. Delete the scoop?
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Without another iPhone, iPad or iPod, Apple will not have the next innovative product that transforms the digital music marketplace. The question then becomes who will step... Delete the scoop?
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