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NBCU’s Response: Never Asked To Double Price; Shows Will Be On iTunes Through Early December - 14 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 31 Aug 2007 04:15 PM PST

This is beginning to sound like a Jane Curtain-Dan Akroyd skit ... NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) never asked to double the wholesale price and insists NBC shows will be sold…

Apple Retaliates; Says NBC Wanted Double The Wholesale Price; Will Stop in September - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 31 Aug 2007 10:38 AM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has come out swinging after reports last night that NBC has told the company it won’t renew the TV downloads contract beyond December: Apple said in a…

NBC Not Renewing Its iTunes Contract on Pricing Differences With Apple; On Till December - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 30 Aug 2007 09:55 PM PST

First a rift over music pricing with Universal Music Group (owned by Vivendi), and now a tiff with NBCU (NYSE: GE): NBC has decided not to renew its contract to…

The New iPod: Coming Sep 5? - 5 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 29 Aug 2007 09:57 AM PST

So the rumor has it, based on an event Apple (NYSE: AAPL) is doing on Sep 5th in San Francisco. Some speculation of what the new iPods could be, from…

iTunes Store Launches U.K. TV Downloads; Crippled By Lack Of Domestic Programming - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 29 Aug 2007 02:21 AM PST

Nearly two years after Apple added paid TV show downloads to U.S. iTunes Store, it has now launched the feature for U.K. customers. And what do we get? American imports…

Three European iPhone Deals Sealed; Operators Agree on 10 Percent Rev Share: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 21 Aug 2007 12:55 PM PST

More reports on iPhone’s European arrival and this one from FT sounds more definitive: it has signed with T-Mobile in Germany, Orange in France and O2 in the UK, and…

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10-Q Watch: Apple’s Third-Party Content Risks - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 08 Aug 2007 04:12 PM PST

Not earth shattering by any stretch but some interesting language in the Apple 10Q (Nasdaq: AAPL) filed with the SEC Wednesday just caught my eye, particularly in light of the…

NBCU-NWS JV: Kliavkoff: Worry About Big Content Partners After Launch - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Aug 2007 07:44 PM PST

At times, it’s looked as though the NBCU (NYSE: GE)-News Corp.-(NYSE: NWS) joint venture might launch with CBS on board but chances are getting slimmer as the September start approaches.…

Eminem Sues Apple Over iTunes Downloads; Claims Universal Had ‘No Right’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 01 Aug 2007 07:43 AM PST

Eminem’s music publisher is suing Apple for selling up to 80 of his songs at iTunes Store “without permission”. The rapper argues his label Universal Music Group did not have…

Earnings: Apple Posts Q2 Profit Gains Of 73 Percent; Says 270,000 iPhones Sold During First Two Days - 4 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 25 Jul 2007 02:05 PM PST

Sales of iPods and computers helped boost Q2 profits 73.3 percent for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) to $818 million from $472 million, as revenues came in at $5.41 billion, a 23.8…

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Apple Launches Lower-Priced Indie Albums, Week After UMG Contract Fracas - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jul 2007 10:49 PM PST

Apple sure knows how to sneak one through: just as Universal Music Group refused to sign a long-term contract with it over iTunes sales (with disagreement on, among other things,…

‘New’ CNN.com Debuts With Free Video Across The Board - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 02 Jul 2007 10:51 AM PST

The ‘new’ CNN.com is up and running after more than a year of planning. SVP/GM David Payne borrows a line from the Staples ad campaign: “If there were an ‘easy…

Updated: Universal Will Not Renew Long-Term iTunes Deal; Seeks Flexibility: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 01 Jul 2007 08:42 PM PST

Update: The NYT is reporting that Universal notified Apple last week it would not renew its annual contract for the iTunes Store, “according to executives briefed on the issue who…

Craigslist Fun: iPhone For World Peace, BabySitting And Everything Else In Between - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 27 Jun 2007 10:06 PM PST

Here’s some choice iPhone-related posting on Craigslist: -- iPhone Baby Sitting: I am a software developer. I am great with electronics. I am willing to baby sit your iPhone when…

iPhone: Mossberg: ‘Breakthrough Handheld Computer’; AT&T; ‘Drawback’; Pogue: Lives Up To Most Hype - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 26 Jun 2007 04:11 PM PST

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg and assistant Katherine Boehret have just released a detailed review based on two weeks of iPhone use in multiple scenarios across the U.S. The…

What’s At Stake With iPhone - 6 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 17 Jun 2007 11:47 PM PST

Professional contrarian John Heilemann has a cover story about Steve Jobs in the latest issue of New York Magazine, and tackles the “reality distortion field” around iPhone, and how things…

Without iTunes Account, iPhone Won’t Work As Promised; AT&T; Holding Back Service Details - 6 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 12 Jun 2007 10:55 PM PST

Apple is intent on making iTunes indispensable beyond media sales and playback. In update emails Tuesday, Apple (full text) and AT&T warned prospective users the expensive phone they lust for…

Apple Will Sell Music Through Bebo in UK, Ireland; First iTunes-Social Net Sales Link - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 12 Jun 2007 03:20 PM PST

In a social network first for Apple, as of Wednesday, it should get easier for Bebo users in the UK and Ireland to buy music by any artist who has…

Apple To Launch Online Movie Rental Service; For Fall; $2.99 Rental: Report - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 10 Jun 2007 02:59 PM PST

Updated below: This is bound to happen sooner than later, as Apple consider pushing more content through its AppleTV conduit to the TV: FT reports that the company is in…

Gates & Jobs Interview: Now in Full For Download - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 04 Jun 2007 12:35 AM PST

On iTunes, where else....the full video and audio of the very enjoyable joint interview is here now, for download. Microsoft will follow soon with their formats, but who wants to…

iTunes Non-DRM Files Retain User Data; Concerned Listeners Wonder Why - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 01 Jun 2007 06:35 AM PST

Apple may have dropped digital rights management restrictions from its new iTunes Plus range, but some consumers are asking questions about its retention of another DRM - digital rights metadata.…

@ D: Steve & Bill: The Video Part 1 - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 May 2007 11:49 PM PST

AllThingsD, which has done a great job blogging its own conference, has put up video part one of the rare Bill Gates and Steve Jobs joint session that happened earlier…

@ D: Steve Jobs And Bill Gates - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 May 2007 07:21 PM PST

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are coming on stage for the first time in a joint interview at the D Conference. Pics here. Gates: First thing I want to clarify:…

@ D: YouTube Now Embedded Into AppleTV - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 May 2007 02:04 PM PST

Steve Jobs, speaking at D conference, announced that YouTube is now embedded into the AppleTV interface and works off a live Internet connection, that it does not have to go…

@ D: Steve Jobs - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 May 2007 02:03 PM PST

-- What business is Apple in: We are in two businesses: Mac business and music business...each of them are about $10 billion each. The third business we’re about to go…