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Rumor: Apple media event slated for January?

by Michael Rose (Jan 2nd, 2012)

On this slow-start Monday (the official observance of the New Year's Day holiday in the US, in case you were wondering why everything was moving like molasses), we have AllThingsD's Kara Swisher to thank for a neat tidbit of possible Apple news. The Dow Jones site is reporting that Apple is ...

Apple has missed iTunes Match launch date

by Steven Sande (Nov 1st, 2011)

Did you notice this morning that it was November 1st? Did you also notice that iTunes Match isn't working yet? Yep, Apple missed a deadline date, having "promised" that the new iTunes service would be available "by the end of October." That date was set at the October 4, 2011 "Let's Talk ...

Eddy Cue promoted to Senior VP of Internet Services

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 1st, 2011)

Apple has promoted its Vice President for Internet Services, Eddy Cue, to Senior Vice President for Internet Software and Services. The promotion represents the first reorganization of Apple's leadership under Tim Cook's command. Cook distributed an email earlier today, first obtained by ...

A look at Apple's "all-star" executives

by Dana Franklin (May 9th, 2011)

Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, Jony Ive, and Steve Jobs are big names at Apple. These top executives are known around the technology industry and around the world for their operational excellence, marketing know-how, design genius and powerful reality distortion fields. While these four men often get ...

Royalty rate stays the same, iTunes Store still open

by Robert Palmer (Oct 2nd, 2008)

The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board decided today to keep rates the same for digital music stores, kneecapping Apple's threat to shut down the iTunes Store rather than operate at a loss. The three-member board kept the royalty rate at 9.1 cents, and mandated a 24-cent rate for ringtones. The board has ...

VP: Apple would rather close iTunes Store than pay additional royalties

by Robert Palmer (Oct 1st, 2008)

If a ruling expected tomorrow by the Copyright Royalty Board raises royalties for online music sales from 9 to 15 cents per track, Apple would rather shut the iTunes store down than operate it at a loss. Them's fightin' words. Eddy Cue, Apple's iTunes VP, wrote in a statement to the Times of ...