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| Thursday, July 15, 2004 |
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Apple iTunes near indie label deal
London, United States, Jul. 13 (UPI) -- Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store is close to a deal with independent British record labels that would add indie European groups to music downloads.
The Times of London said Apple was near to signing independent labels in the United Kingdom, France and Germany that were not included when iTunes launched in Europe earlier this year.
Apple Monday said music fans had downloaded more than 100 million songs from the iTunes Music Store worldwide. More than 800,000 songs were downloaded in the first week iTunes was available in Europe, making iTunes the most successful and popular online music service.
Independent labels account for nearly 25 percent of European music sales.
The 20-year-old Kansas youth who downloaded the 100 millionth song won a 17-inch Apple Powerbook laptop computer, a 40 gigabite iPod music player and a gift certificate good for 10,000 iTunes downloads.
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| posted by Perimbean @ 5:02 AM |
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