La milliardième chanson a été téléchargée sur iTunes

La milliardième chanson a été téléchargée sur iTunes
Alex Ostrovsky est le grand gagnant d'un iMac 20 pouces, 10 iPods et d'une carte-cadeau de 10,000 $ US sur iTunes.

Depuis son countdown, iTunes vendait en moyenne 3 millions de chansons dans 21 pays!

Comment Napster fait pour survive avec un tel succès?

Le marché des baladeurs MP3 est en plein explosion avec des ventes record de 128.7 millions d'unités vendus en 2005, soit plus de 37 millions de plus qu'anticipé, comme en fait témoin cette article sur LaPresse Affaire. Au dernier trimestre, Apple qui domine toujours le marché, en a vendu 4.6 millions.

Il est intéressant de lire cette article de Business 2.0 quand Jobs s'est installé devant les majors avant la création de son iTunes, tel qu'on le connaît aujourd'hui. En voici un court extrait :

Steve Jobs was rocking back and forth in his chair at the head of his conference room table--and venting. It was January 2002, and the target of his ire was the music business. The industry was reeling from Internet piracy and, as Jobs saw it, doing nothing about it. Even Jobs himself, a man accustomed to commanding people's attention, had been largely ignored by music execs. Jobs railed to his audience, a few Apple lieutenants and Paul Vidich, then a senior exec at Warner Music, about the industry's total lack of imagination. "Until now," Jobs said, "I've never had a living, breathing music executive come to Apple."

"Why is it," Jobs continued, "that the people who run the music industry just don't get it?"

Vidich could have taken this the way Jobs certainly meant it--as an insult. But as Vidich listened, he couldn't help thinking that he agreed. Finally, he spoke up.

"Steve," he said, "that's why we're here. We need some help."