Apple has announced that the iTunes Music Store now has over one million songs available for download in the US, becoming the first and only online digital music service to offer consumers a million song catalog. The iTunes Music Store features music from all five major record labels and over 600 leading independent labels from… Read More iTunes Music Store Catalog Tops One Million Songs
Apple today announced that it has signed licensing agreements with three of the largest European independent music labels, Beggars Group, Sanctuary Records Group and V2, adding tens of thousands of additional independent tracks from leading artists to the iTunes Music Store in the UK, France and Germany. With three of the most influential independent record… Read More Major Indie Music Labels Join Apple’s iTunes Music Store in Europe
Apple has announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 100 million songs from the iTunes Music Store, marking a major milestone for the emerging online music business. The 100 millionth song, “Somersault (Dangermouse remix)” by Zero7 was purchased by Kevin Britten, age 20, of Hays, Kansas on Sunday, July 11. As the… Read More iTunes Music Store Reaches 100 Million Download Milestone
Ben & Jerry are helping to Rock the Vote by offering free iTunes music store downloads and chances to win iPods to encourage people to vote! Here’s the scoop: Ben & Jerry’s is asking people to pledge to vote this year. Now follow along…”I will Rock the Vote, I will not be too busy, I… Read More Free iTunes Downloads from Ben & Jerry
Apple has released iTunes 4.5 for Windows and Macintosh. The new version boasts the largest commercial catalog of downloadable files, along with many new features. Largest Legal Download Catalog. Select from over 700,000 tracks from five major labels and more than 450 independents with free 30-second previews. 150 Exclusive Tracks. Find the new pre-release Beastie… Read More iTunes 4.5 Released
Apple’s experiment with online music retailing has demonstrated that there’s demand for online music, and Time magazine calls it the “Invention of the Year”. iTunes is great, but it doesn’t seem to be stemming the tide of MP3 file-sharing. There are 40 million people that have used file sharing tools to access music. Could iTunes… Read More iTunes the Invention of the Year
