For those of you who've been all doom and gloom about the music industry — claiming the Internet and mp3s and iTouches and all those gizmos have killed it — here's some news that might flip your wigs: the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry reports that its members took in more money in 2012 than it did in 2011. As in, growth. Actual growth.
The iTunes Store and the revolution that came with it has now officially given way to the app era in sales, and it's not for nothing: Apple is poised to make a lot more money on you paying for apps than it ever did changing the way you listen to music.
The tech masses are applauding Apple for its latest update to iTunes, which strips away the service's bloated, feature-heavy past without delivering a much anticipated streaming music service.
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Subscription media services are rapidly seeing consumers build up libraries in their rental ecosystems. But, as they become more popular, operators must keep it easy for users to go back to the content they love and pay for.
Rumors from Bloomberg today that Apple will overhaul iTunes, making it look like other products out there with deeper iCloud and sharing integration, shows that, unlike with some of its other products, Apple is behind the times.
After hearing that Apple will discontinue its its music social network discovery tool, Ping, via AllThingsD's John Paczkowski, nobody got upset, at all.
After building a powerful subscription video-on-demand business virtually overnight, Netflix passed Apple last year to become the top revenue earner in the U.S. online movie business.
Apple's fears of jailbreaking -- i.e. making their gadgets work outside of Apple's software controls -- have trickled down to the iTunes store in a way that just doesn't make any sense.
This afternoon we get a mysteriously sourced report that Apple is in talks with three major movie studios to stream their offerings on a future device (Apple TV, right?).
The cloud music wars are heating up this week with Apple and Google both releasing their long-awaited, competing services.
Just when iTunes convinced us to pay for jams, everyone's rushing to sell you free music
The biggest online retailer's website redesign will change the way we shop
Finally Zuck is jumping into the music game
The release of the beta version it looks like Apple's cloud music service will be a winner
Few customers were interested in renting shows
Streaming and social, the new feature is more limiting than competitors
After only three and a half weeks, the cloud service is off to a promising start
While a Hulu-Apple marriage would be great, it's unlikely
A beloved European cloud music service enters the American market
The informed speculation and wishful thinking about what's next from Apple
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