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iTunes under threat as bands take their business elsewhere
iTunes under threat as bands take their business elsewhere
Bands concerned for the ongoing commercial viability of albums are adding to the pressures on iTunes, says Brian Boyd
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9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... The news comes as AC/DC are widely reported to be moving to eschew iTunes, arguing that they want to sell their music as complete album bundles, rather than allowing music fans to cherry-pick tracks. While this is being reported as a shot across the bows for iTunes, similar moves to remove songs from UK artist Estelle from the US store saw that artist's album chart position plummet, as her music was no longer available from America's biggest music retailer. ...

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HardMac.comThe Telegraph published an interesting article one how itunes has changed the way customers consider music a,d purchase accordingly tracks or complete albums. In summary, iTunes users mostly buy single songs from temporarily popular bands than the complete album, so they should be consider more like bees moving from one track to another, rather than collectors acquiring the complete album containing the current music hit. ...

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itunes.apple.com 5/15/2009 — One Moment Please. Connecting to the iTunes Store. Loading We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or Windows Task Bar.
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itunes.apple.com 5/14/2009 — One Moment Please. Connecting to the iTunes Store. Loading We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or Windows Task Bar.
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itunes.apple.com 5/6/2009 — One Moment Please. Connecting to the iTunes Store. Loading We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or Windows Task Bar.
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itunes.apple.com 5/8/2009 — One Moment Please. Connecting to the iTunes Store. Loading We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or Windows Task Bar.
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