Tag archive: Sarah McLachlan

Taking the stage at Apple's final Macworld Expo, Apple's senior VP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller stepped into Steve Jobs's shoes and got set to deliver "three new things" to the Macintosh faithful: iLife '09, iWork '09, and a new 17-inch MacBook Pro. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding Apple's decision to abandon Macworld Expo, Schiller showed images of Apple's successful… Read More

Sony BMG just can't seem to catch a break: just as the public firestorm of controversy and outrage over the XCP copy protection software (and the Windows security nightmares it engendered) begins to fade from everyday headlines, the company has to perform another mea culpa. SunComm's MediaMax? That other copy protection system Sony BMG has shipped on some of its music CDs in an effort to cut down on piracy? Yeah

"The demand across Canada for the iTunes Music Store has been overwhelming," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of Applications. "We are excited to be able to offer music fans in Canada their own customized iTunes Music Store featuring many top Canadian artist exclusives." The iTunes Music Store in Canada features over 700,000 songs and dozens of exclusive tracks from a wide variety of leading worldwide artists, including… Read More

From Apple's press release: Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 50 million songs from Apple's iTunes Music Store, not including songs redeemed from the currently-running Pepsi iTunes promotion. The 50 millionth song, purchased last Thursday afternoon, was "The Path of Thorns" by Sarah McLachlan. iTunes users are now downloading 2.5 million songs per week, which is an annual run rate of… Read More

The iTunes button will immediately launch Apple's iTunes Music Store, the world's number one download music service, and automatically select the featured track for preview or one-click purchase anddownload. In addition, AOL members can use their AOL Wallet or card-on-file to conveniently purchase and download songs from iTunes. Starting today, AOL is also offering iTunes Music Store customersthe opportunity to purchase exclusive and… Read More