“Piper Jaffray said Apple Computer and Napster both continue to gain traction in the audio-download industry, with Apple ‘the clear winner’ in the research firm’s recent ‘report card’ on the sector. Piper Jaffray noted that Apple has the highest Web traffic rank, topping Napster, Audible and Real.com from RealNetworks,” Forbes reports.
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“A 12.4 percent decline in shares of Pixar Animation Studios (PIXR.O)) weighed on the Nasdaq, a day after the company reported slow DVD sales of “The Incredibles,” an animated tale of a superhero family. Pixar’s stock fell to $43.87.”
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Apparently cross-posted from “PixarDailyNews”…
like in my village, apple is numbers 1. we love ipod, apple syzmbol, and anything apple! this web is the best! thank you mac news day!!!!!!
hey….
That’s my line you schnauzer sniffers!!
All Windows Computers come with WiMP (Windoze Media Player) installed as the default player and is so deeply embedded that it cannot be truly deleted, like IE.
Until the HP Apple deal, all Windows users had to download and install iTunes/QuickTime. If you buy anything else Windows, you still have to. That makes the choice of end-users obvious.
The only reason The Incredibles sales are slow is because people are morons…
Pixar…
Its always someone elses fault, never Steve Jobs….
sigh….
it´s tough to be perfect….
It has nothing to do with the movie itself– I bet it’s a sign people have begun to cut back on purchases (gas prices?) Even BlockBuster is starting to play on peoples’ fears/ buget constraints by pushing rentals bigtime.
What does it cost you in gasoline to buy the Incredibles DVD via Amazon?
How about this – it´s a cartoon. They saw it, it was fun, they don´t want to own it.
Plus people are shifting their time away from tv viewing.
Plus its the summer season, watch Pixar have some special next Christmas season.
what does pixar have to do with the topic?
I bet it’s a sign people have begun to cut back on purchases (gas prices?)
Thats the problem when you have to invade another country just to get your gas. (ooops I’m sorry, I meant weapons of mass destruction.
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Plus people are shifting their time away from tv viewing.
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Are you new the US? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA OMG..
Yes, the TV thing is over, Americans now read books and go the opera.. haahhahahahahhahahah
To all the morons talking about Pixar’s DVD sale slump, I got news for you. According to L.A. Times today, the whole DVD market is experiencing soft sale. Not only Pixar but Dreamwork’s Shrek 2 also suffers! It is an industrial wide trend now. According to Pixar, they expect about 7% less sale than what they expected, which is not so bad and the nee-jerk reaction of the stock investor is just typical punting mentality. Ignore those morons! Don’t forget that this thread is about music download, so please don’t side track.
Gas prices don’t have anything to do with it, it’s Mactheripper, dvddecrypter, et al.
again I have to ask.. what does DVD sales or Pixar have to do with this thread? Or gas prices… or the price of bananas at my local super market?
whole DVD market is experiencing soft sale
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Uh, I got MR and MRS SMITH on my computer right now..
does that have anything to do w it.
As bandwidth and wifi grow, downloading movies, before you buy them..*snicker.. is getting easier and easier…
Hey.. screw you, i’m a student.. a poor Mac user. I can’t afford anti-virus software either…
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How’d you get your name? Call me if you’re hot <:
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“…Thats the problem when you have to invade another country just to get your gas.”
Hey, when is all that free Iraqi gas getting here, anyway? Have the tankers left yet? What? That’s just a tired line of bs? Well, dang! Might as well keep repeating it…
“…Gas prices don’t have anything to do with it, it’s Mactheripper, dvddecrypter, et al.”
Maybe – but I think it’s partly because people are starting to realize they don’t really need a copy of the ‘Missing In Action’ trilogy. If, heaven forbid, they ever want to sit through it again, there’s always Netflix.
uh, regarding the Pixar thing, which has nothing to do with MacDailyNews:
could it be that “The Incredibles” on DVD has seen it’s sales saturation period and is trailing off? Duh?
Sure thing Paris, what’s your number?
I’m sure my life partner wouldn’t mind me calling you. In fact, I’m sure she’d enjoy your company as well….
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That MDN comment sounded like Triumph!
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Where is he? I miss him
Regarding my comment about the gas price/Iraq invasion, its the unnecessary ongoing cost of invading Iraq (Plus why invade in the first place? for oil supplies?)that is starting to have an effect on the US economy which is causing A the price of gas to go up, B people to be more concious about driving gas guzzling SUVs around and consider changing to more energy efficient/sensible/econimcal compact cars and C also being more thrifty with their cash as the jobs market softens and people ease up on their excessive spending of pricey luxury goods such as plasma screen TVs, home cinema systems etc which also means that eletonics stores are not selling so much stock. Why buy the DVD of the Incredibles when you have already seen the movie? I am not knocking it but the US economy IS softening.
winmacguy –
Great work! It takes a real anti-Bush zealot to somehow link the takedown of Saddam’s regime to the slow sales of a DVD. Congrats, man! That’s a real zinger of a train of thought, there!
Is there anything else you can blame Bush for? Does it burn when you pee? I’m sure Haliburton had something to do with it!
For all of you oil-whiners, we will soon be forced to build numerous nuclear power plants which will solve our power needs (by the way, France, a favorite of Bush-haters, gets 80% of its power supplied by nuclear energy).
Either support this huge, carbon-free energy source or be satisfied with oil and the econimical drag that goes with it.
By the way, 20 percent of the power supplied to my Mac comes from the Hanford nuclear power facility.
Don’t buy the Cheney / Rove line of BS: power is NOT safe. Three Mile Island? Chernobyl? It’s amazing how quickly we (Americans) forget stuff like this.
Finally on topic:
Don’t show the above headline to Rob Enderle: he’ll tell you you’re wrong. I recently had an email discussion with him about it, and he HONTESTLY believes that MSN Music Service is the most popular music service, whereas iTunes comes in at 4th or 5th place, based on the number of “subscribers”. I “kindly” reminded Rob that iTMS is not a subscription service, and that the numbers demonstating iTMS dominance pertain to the enitire online music market, not just subscription vs downloads. He still doesn’t get it.
correction:
NUCLEAR power is not safe.
“Winner”?
Is the contest over then?
This is akin to declaring M$ the “winner” in the OS market.
Silly, silly, silly.