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This week’s panel : Stu Helm, Michael King, Ben Grubb, Lewis King, Victor Cajiao and Scott Nicol
After Apple’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event the IMP team and very special guest Victor Cajiao from the Typical Mac User Podcast, found at www.typicalmacuser.com, discuss the updates to iTunes and the iPods.
We let Lewis King lose on his rant about the iPod Nano and iPod Touch software, Victor reveals his longings to buy an iPod Nano right now, and Michael King tells us he has bought yet another iPod Touch!
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RealNetworks said Monday it’s switching gears in its quest for a larger slice of the legal music download market with the launch a DRM-free a la carte MP3 store that will cater to iPod owners directly rather than through unauthorized hacks of the past.
This move represents a new direction for this Seattle based firm. This online music company has been built around subscription based services. This offers subscribers temporary access to an unlimited number of copy-protected songs each month for a set price. (more…)
Coldplay the Number 1 Fathers day present of the UK this past week has also been a popular hit in the US. The band at the current pinciale of the UK Top 40 with their single Viva La Vida and their album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends both number 1.
The band has also overtaken Jack Johnson on the iTunes music highway with a suspected 275,000 digital copies being loaded onto peoples iPods across the atlantic. It holds the number 1 spot on both sides of the pond which is a testament to the power of the iTunes ad. If you haven’t seen it click to read on and find out more about it.
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Kid Rock has spoke to the BBC over the iTunes store, and publicly letting the world know why he won’t sell his music in the largest music store in the US. After hearing the success of iTunes hitting the big 5 billion, It’s hard to comprehend why a musician might not want to be in the store.
Despite not being on the online music shop, his album made it to number one in the US last year. His reasoning for not selling his music through the service is based on claims that iTunes is stuck on a model in which the artists do not get paid and Apple and the labels do.
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iTunes has surpassed itself in music sales with its 5 billionth song sold in the iTunes digital music store.
5 billionth song! If there are roughly 100 million iPods that 5,000,000,000 divided by 100,000,000 that is roughly 50 songs per iPod downloaded in the history of the iTunes library. The colossal number of songs was reached with the iTunes store serving up 8 million songs to your music plater for you to enjoy.
Also on the menu are 20,000 TV episodes, 2,000 movies (350 of which in the chef’s special high-definition sauce). Apple has shifted 50,000 of their movies per day in either rented or purchased form. These statistics are based on the US alone but in other countries I’m sure that “La Cordon iTunes” is dominating the online music market in a very similar way.
