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iTunes Sales Are Way Up Says Steve Jobs

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The Macworld Keynote is taking place right now. Steve Jobs said that contrary to published reports, iTunes is doing phenomenally well, surpassing Amazon to be the #4 retailer of music in the market. Next up is Target, the #3 retailer. iTunes sells 58 songs a second and has sold 50m TV shows and 1.3m movies. Via Engadget.

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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain. Email this author | All posts by Jane

3 comments to “iTunes Sales Are Way Up Says Steve Jobs”

1. 1	by Jill Monroe January 9th, 2007 at 5:32 pm They also announced the new cell phone, which I’m sure my husband will be one of the first owners. He’s already directed me to the apple website for viewing. Reply

2. 2	by Jane January 9th, 2007 at 5:35 pm I am all over that one. I was just crowing to Ned that my contract comes up in May for Verizon. I’ll be cancelling that in a nanosecond. Reply

3. 3	by LinM January 9th, 2007 at 9:36 pm Oh yeah, an iphone. I want, I want. Looks like a great ebook reader (too bad it takes phone calls, I’m too busy reading). Reply