Apple has long maintained that its iTunes Store is a breakeven business, with the margins made on selling music (and more recently films, TV shows, e-books and apps) cancelled out by the costs of running...
March 22nd, 2013 by Music Ally
No, not to a journalist – obviously. Apple Australia boss Tony King gave evidence this week to a parliamentary enquiry into why Australians have to pay more.
March 21st, 2013 by Music Ally
For the name of its new social game alone, we applaud US startup Hum This for its punning. Battle & Hum is an iPhone app released yesterday on the App Store.
March 18th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
"Mobile-first" has been a phrase worth dropping in startup and investor circles for some time now – a blog post titled Mobile First Web Second by Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson in September 2010...
March 12th, 2013 by Music Ally
Apple is quietly ramping up its campaign of pre-release streams for big albums on iTunes. Justin Timberlake is the latest artist to benefit, with his 'The 20/20 Experience' album getting a week of free...
March 1st, 2013 by Music Ally
Apple was first to get David Bowie's 'Where Are We Now?' single as a download earlier this year, and it's been pre-selling his new album 'The Next Day' ever since.
February 7th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
You've hopefully already seen yesterday's story on Apple announcing the iTunes Store's 25bn music-downloads milestone. So what more can we learn from it? One is that iTunes music sales are accelerating,...
February 6th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Apps might be where it's at for Apple in 2013, but music remains a core feature of its iTunes Store. To emphasise the point, Apple announced a big milestone today: 25bn songs sold from iTunes. The 25...
January 18th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
We’ve been tracking the story of five classic KLF albums appearing on iTunes, Spotify and other digital music services yesterday and today. It’s either a startling revival of the band’s...
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