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Music History Music Industry 

How much longer before we can’t buy digital music downloads?

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Downloads, iTunes, Music Piracy, Music sales, Paid, Steve Jobs

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Steve Jobs made the rounds of major record labels in 2000,

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Music News 

Weekly survey: Do you still buy digital music files?

January 16, 2023January 15, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Digital Albums, Digital Files, Digital Songs, Digital Tracks, iTunes, Microsoft, PC Users

The introduction of iTunes in 2001 was a game-changer for the music industry. Steve Jobs was able to convince everyone

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Tech 

We have entered the last days of iTunes as we know it

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, Apple Music, iTunes, Microsoft, PCs

When Apple introduced iTunes on January 9, 2001, it was just a music manager for Mac users. Over time, the

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The 4’33” download

July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4'33", Apple, iTunes, John Cage

In 1952, composer John Cage came up with something he called “4’33″” (read as “four thirty-three,” as in four minutes

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Random music news for Friday, June 10, 2022

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alanis Morissette, Audiobooks, Blondie, Halsey, iTunes, Jack White, Mercedes-Benz, Morrissey, NFTs, R Kelly, Russian Invasaion, Sennheiser, Spotify

Wait: Auto insurance covers getting an STD in a car? Apparently so. Mull that over as you skim through music

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RIAA takes swift action against HitPiece and warns any potential copycats to reconsider

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Copyright, Fraud, HitPiece, intellecutal property, iTunes, NFT, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, Scam, Spotify, Theft

Rarely does anything within the music industry move fast. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), however, has a fire

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Day two of the HitPiece saga: Major artists involved, but were any laws broken? 

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Apple, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Disney, DMCA, Hidden Pony Records, HitPiece, iTunes, Mike Renaud, NFTs, Nickelodeon, Rory Felton, Slaight Music, The Human Fly, Trademark

Within a calendar day of making a notoriously terrible first impression, HitPiece has zapped its website back to life, smug

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Why are old songs dominating the iTunes charts?

March 30, 2021March 29, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Charts, iTunes

A strange thing is happening with the iTunes chart Top Songs chart. In the past, it functioned as a barometer

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Music Industry Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The end of planned song segues

March 8, 2021March 6, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, iTunes, Pink Floyd, Song Segues

In the old days of physical media, it was very common for albums to be mixed in such a way

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, October 10, 2019

October 10, 2019October 9, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Duffy, Donald Trump, Drake, Facebook, iTunes, Katy Perry, Lithium Battiers, Ric Ocasek, Rihanna, Shazam, Slayer, Smart Speakers, Super Bowl, The Cult, U2, Vulfpeck

I love this guy. Over to music news for October 10, 2019. Think you’ve got father issues? Read this about

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Gadgets 

The new MacOS is out: Catalina kills iTunes dead. Good.

October 8, 2019October 7, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments Catalina, iTunes, macOS, Mojave

If you have a Mac, you might have already seen a notification saying that it’s time to upgrade from Mojave

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