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Oops, no plaintiff! Apple iPod judge asks if lack of plaintiff dooms trial
Apple Inc said it discovered that the lead consumer in a $1 billion lawsuit didn’t buy a device in the time period covered by the case…
Apple executives to take stand in antitrust trial
Apple’s top executives are scheduled to take the stand Thursday…
Apple deleted songs from rival services from users’ iPods
Apple deleted music that some iPod owners had downloaded from competing music services…
Apple on trial: Were iTunes updates really an anti-consumer scheme?
The Apple iTunes DRM trial underway in federal court here will come down to how…
Steve Jobs on RealNetworks in 2011 deposition: ‘Do they still exist?’
The late Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., led the company…
Steve Jobs said Apple took pains to protect record contracts
Steve Jobs defended Apple Inc.’s use of software for the iPod and iTunes…
Apple’s $1 billion antitrust case revisits the era of iPod’s dominance
After an almost decade-long fight in federal court…
Star witness in Apple lawsuit is Steve Jobs
Three years after his death, Steve Jobs is very much a presence in courtrooms…
Technology is destroying the music industry, which is great news for the next Taylor Swift
It wasn’t the internet that killed the music industry…
Looking to undercut Spotify, Apple asks music labels for a price cut on streaming subscriptions
Apple is talking to the big music labels about a new set of rights and features…
Expect Apple to create the modern day equivalent of a record label led by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre
Tim Cook brought Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre and Ian Rogers into the fold for a reason…
The curious design decisions of Apple’s iTunes Radio
I’ve certainly been using it a lot, but I keep going back…
Billboard: Apple’s iTunes Radio royalties offer indie labels strong upside
iTunes Radio could be very valuable to labels…
Apple’s entire, non-negotiable iTunes Radio and iTunes Store contract posted online
Here’s the complete, non-negotiable contract Apple has been mailing independent labels and artists…
Apple circulates iTunes Radio terms to indie record labels
Ahead of its launch of an online radio service Apple circulated terms…
Why Apple chose iTunes Radio instead of a catalog streaming service
The most obvious comparison is to Pandora which launched its streaming radio service…
Apple’s ‘iRadio’ talks hit royalties snag
Apple’s much-anticipated music streaming service has hit a stumbling block…
A decade of iTunes singles saved the music industry
Believe it or not, Apple’s iTunes Music Store turns 10 this weekend…
Apple pushing hard for summertime launch of iRadio music streaming service
Apple is coming…
Apple iTunes streaming radio service delayed after talks with music labels stall, sources say
Apple has opened talks with record labels about getting rights for a music-streaming service…
Music sales grow for first time since 1999
The last time music was a growth business was 1999…
Apple’s iTunes Store still unavailable to population of 3 billion in Asia
Earlier this week, Apple extended support for its iTunes Store…
Apple’s iTunes Match creating ‘magic money’ for artists and labels
he first royalty payments from Apple’s iTunes Match are in…
Half-baked: Google Music launching without Sony and Warner
Google does not have deals in place with Sony Music Entertainment or Warner Music Group…
Gartner says worldwide online music revenue on record pace in 2011
Worldwide online music revenue from end-user spending is on pace to total…
Pete Townshend: Apple’s iTunes is a ‘digital vampire’
The Who’s Pete Townshend says Apple Inc.’s iTunes is a ‘digital vampire’…
Nielsen: U.S. album sales see first climb since 2004
Nielsen SoundScan has reported the first increase in American album sales since 2004…
Apple to pay up to $150 million to Big Four labels for iCloud music rights
Apple will fork over between $100 million and $150 million in advanced payments…
Apple’s iCloud: Deals with three major record labels, possible preview in June
Apple’s cloud-based storage music service, which is reportedly called iCloud, aims to offer music fans the ultimate…
RUMOR: Apple signing label deals for cloud-based music locker service
The deals Apple are signing will allow it to store a single master copy of a song on its servers…
