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  Big Apple: 10 Years of iTunes

  April 28, 2013 – How fast they grow. On today, Sunday, April 28, Apple's iTunes Music Store celebrates its tenth year of existence. …
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  Streaming Services Really Are Saving the Music Industry, Global Sales Prove

  February 27, 2013 – Here's something you don't read every day (and certainly not in the last 13 years): The music industry's global revenue increased in 2012. According to a study released earlier this week by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, global sales rose 0.3 percent last year, the first sign of industry growth since 1999 (via the New York Times).Last year's total revenue amounted to $16.5 billion. …
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  iTunes' 25 Billionth Song Sold Is Something Called 'Monkey Drums'

  February 6, 2013 – Remember where you were when you learned that iTunes had sold its 25 billionth song. …
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  Down By Law: The Year Downloading Took a Dive

  December 14, 2012 – In the early dawn hours of January 20, 2012, in a small village on the outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand, heavily armed police (with help from an FBI logistics team) descended on the lavish mansion owned by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. …
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  Is an iTunes Revamp On the Way? Let's Hope So

  July 12, 2012 – The latest Apple rumor making the rounds is that iTunes is getting a major overhaul before the end of 2012. If that's true, it's not a moment too soon. …
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  How iTunes and Amazon Were Scammed Out of $1.2 Million By Online Gang

  March 30, 2012 – Eleven twenty-somethings in the U.K. were recently arrested in what can only be described as a plot Hollywood producers will be scrambling to acquire: Five of them were sentenced to jail time after the gang scammed iTunes and Amazon out of somewhere between £750,000 and £1 million (that's between $1.2 and $1.6 million USD) in royalty payments, themselves raking in about £500,000 (that's $800,600 USD). …
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  U2, Eminem, Gaga & 35 More on Japan Benefit Album

  March 25, 2011 – Nearly 40 A-list artists have contributed tracks to a new compilation meant to benefit victims of Japan's tsunami. Available now for $9.99 via iTunes, Songs for Japan features top hits from artists like U2, Eminem, Lady Gaga, John Lennon, and literally dozens more. …
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  Faking the Band

  October 21, 2008 – Anonymous message board postings aren't exactly a reliable barometer of public opinion, but anyone who logged on to iTunes on August 24 to buy the site's sixth-most-popular song couldn't help but be struck by the near unanimity of attitude toward the track in question. "Ahhh this STINKS! Why is it in the top 10??" wrote "coleenybeany. "THIS IS TERRIBLE!!!! …
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