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Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs killed music business

by Dana Franklin (Mar 15th, 2011)

Is Steve Jobs music's savior, or is he the angel of death? Jon Bon Jovi cast his vote in The Sunday Times Magazine; the American rock musician thinks Jobs is "killing" the music industry with iTunes. The massive success of iTunes, says Bon Jovi, has caused the "magical" experience of buying ...

iTunes song previews will be extended to 90 seconds in US store

by Chris Rawson (Nov 2nd, 2010)

Music site Symphonic Distortion reports Apple has sent word that song previews in the US iTunes Store will soon be extended to 90 seconds, up from the 30-second previews the store has featured until now. The only caveat is that songs must be longer than 2 minutes, 30 seconds in order to get a ...

Extended iTunes song previews delayed, licensing may be to blame

by Chris Rawson (Sep 8th, 2010)

One of the things that was widely rumored to appear but ultimately absent from Apple's music event last week was an extension of song previews on the iTunes Store from their current 30 seconds to 60 or even 90 seconds. According to CNET, we can blame the Byzantine licensing arrangement of the music ...