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Apple wants courtroom cleared while Steve Jobs deposition is played

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 1st, 2012)

Universal Music Group is embroiled in a few lawsuits involving money owed to producers and artists, and in the course of events depositions by Eddy Cue and Steve Jobs were recorded at some point. Now, as these cases near trial, Apple is seeking a modification to a protective order to keep those ...

iTunes Store to add enhanced liner notes, extra media to album purchases

by Casey Johnston (Jul 27th, 2009)

Digital music purchases have been dominating the market for some time now as physical CD purchases continue to fall. For Apple, a significant lead over the rest of the music proprietor world is not enough: according to the Financial Times, the company is now working together with the four largest ...

Drudge: Universal Music will not renew iTunes contract

by Erica Sadun (Jul 1st, 2007)

The Drudge Report has posted a newsflash claiming that Universal Music Group will not renew its annual iTunes contract. So what's going on? Hard negotiations? The recent EMI/iTunes Plus deal? Or maybe UMG just doesn't like earning a ton of money through iTunes? I'm not all that familiar with the ...

Universal Music CEO says iPods are "repositories for stolen music"

by Laurie A. Duncan (Nov 13th, 2006)

Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris is the latest tech exec to call iPod users thieves. Ballmer started it. Then came Glaser - who also dared call His Steveness "pigheaded." The comment was made in the context of the UMG boss stumping for Zune and applauding Microsoft's agreement to pay protection ...