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Amazon, Wal-Mart Follow Apple’s Lead, Introduce Variable Pricing

Written on April 09, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented

It was a sad day this past Tuesday for almost everyone except the record labels when Apple put in place the variable pricing scheme they’ve been promising since announcing their entire library would be going DRM-free. At the very least, many thought they could take refuge in the safety and comfort of iTunes rivals Amazon [...]

Apple is #1 (in music)

Written on April 03, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 7 people have commented

Ars Technica is reporting that the NPD Group’s numbers are out! Apple is the number one distributor of music. They sell more music than anyone else, well, besides those “others” who are always throwing a wrench in the plan.

Credit: Ars Technica
Apple was in third place in just June of 2007. They have been steadily climbing [...]