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Wired November 27, 2007 Seth Mnookin	Universal's CEO Once Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away. After years of tightening controls on his company's content, Universal Music Group's CEO has become entangled in digital strategies whether he wants to be or not and is planning to unify Apple's competitors in what amounts to a coordinated attack on the iPod.
InternetNews November 9, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft 'Raising Stakes' With Zune? Royalty deal with Universal music comes on eve of launch of iPod-killer music device.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Universal's Apple Turnover? Universal comes up with a dull strategy to try to tarnish Apple's shine. It's a crucial time for the music industry, but a service that seeks to lock consumers out of hardware and services they've already embraced isn't a surefire approach.
InternetNews December 27, 2007	Amazon Adds Warner Music to MP3 Downloads Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple's industry-dominating iTunes online store.
InternetNews July 2, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Universal, Apple Set To Play Chicken The Universal Music Group, the largest of the four major record labels and a subsidiary of Vivendi SA, is reportedly trying to change the terms of its contract with Apple for selling digital music through the iTunes store.
Home Theater July 9, 2007	Universal Balks at iTunes Renewal Vivendi's Universal Music Group declined to renew its annual agreement with iTunes, selling content only "at will."
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Steven Mallas	Microsoft Scraps Music Plans High royalty demands from labels sink Microsoft's interest in a music subscription service. Let's hope the music companies and the online companies can work this out. Even if it doesn't propel the stock into the stratosphere, Microsoft and music subscription services would be a good fit.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Bobbing for Apple Is there room for Apple to charge more for tracks? Probably, but does Universal want to be the one to open up that Pandora's Box?
The Motley Fool September 5, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Competitors Look to Take a Bite out of Apple Three new music downloading initiatives could threaten iTunes' dominance. Apple, which now generates 45% of its revenue from its iPod/iTunes division, and its investors could find themselves between a rock and a hard place.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Burrows & Lowry	Rock On, iPod What CEO Steven Jobs must do to maintain Apple's dominance.
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Tim Scannell	Report: Amazon Tunes Into Music Downloads Online marketer Amazon hopes to expand its vast portfolio of services beyond books, apparel, music CDs, videos and almost everything else under the consumer sun into the digital music business.
BusinessWeek April 2, 2007 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Apple TV's Blurry Future For now, there's too little content available to make the box worthwhile.
InternetNews January 8, 2008	Apple Seen Set to Resolve EU iTunes Case Charges that Apple broke European rules by pricing songs country-by-country may soon be ended.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Rick Broida	Buying Guide: Online Music Services Two thousand six may well be remembered as the year music subscription services went platinum.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Anders Bylund	Downloads: Music to Labels' Ears The music industry's complaints about dire downloading doom are largely unfounded.
Popular Mechanics September 5, 2007 Glenn Derene	The iTunes Store... With Subscriptions? Buzzword As Steve Jobs unveiled the new Apple iPod Touch and iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, we wonder what it would take for a DRM-free, flat-rate music store to go from record-label nightmare to user-friendly dream come true?
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Larry Armstrong	E-Tune Shopping With downloading now legit, online music stores have similar catalogs. It's the extras that set them apart.
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Peter Burrows	Show Time! Just as the Mac revolutionized computing, Apple is changing the world of online music. If Steve Jobs plays his cards right this time, Apple could end up with a big chunk of the digital-entertainment market
InternetNews January 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Sony BMG Opens DRM-Free Content to Amazon Sony BMG's move gives Amazon a new boost in its quest to upend iTunes, but where do the record labels' priorities' really lie?
The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Musical Chairs From AOL, Vivendi More companies are jockeying for position in music, but can they take on iTunes and piracy?
The Motley Fool May 2, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Apple Sticks With Dollar Downloads Standard pricing for iTunes downloads won't be changing soon.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	You Can't Stop the Music, Apple Apple is in talks with record labels to offer an unlimited iTunes music-streaming service.
BusinessWeek April 4, 2005 Roger O. Crockett	Major Hangups Over The iPod Phone Cellular carriers are hesitant to sell the Apple-Motorola iPod phone. Here's why...
The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Tim Beyers	Will the Hits Ever Stop? Apple's iTunes Music Store tops 300 million downloads. The stock continues to climb.
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Jay Greene	Microsoft, The Entertainer? Gates & Co. take aim at Apple's iPod -- but their first attempts could fall short.
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Microsoft Plays A New Zune Wireless sharing sets it apart from Apple's iPod. That might not be enough.
InternetNews September 5, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	MySpace Helps Musicians Sell Out Now all those MySpace musicians can find out if anyone is actually willing to pay to listen.
InternetNews August 31, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Apple, NBC Fight Over TV Shows NBC said it won't renew its iTunes contract. Apple said 'see ya.'
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Apple's Package Deal iTunes offers more packaged video content. Investors, the digital content revolution is still in its early stages, but for now, Apple's still the one to watch -- and, of course, the one to beat.
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Peter Burrows	Apple May Be Holding Back The Music Biz Critics say iTunes-only downloads and inflexible pricing are hurting song sales.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Apple of Your Eye? More rumors of video iPods get people buzzing about Apple. Even if Apple unveils such a device, investors need to question whether it will positively affect the iPod's runaway popularity -- or translate into more sales.
InternetNews March 19, 2008	Apple Talks to Labels About Unlimited Music: Report A new pricing plan for iTunes?
Wired November 2005 Frank Rose	Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone Consumers want an iPod phone that will play any song, anytime, anywhere. Just four little problems: the cell carriers, the record labels, the handset makers, and Apple itself. The inside story of why the ROKR went wrong.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Apple Does It Again One million is the magic number for Apple's video downloads. Apple is clearly going to expand what content is available through iTunes -- and that's going to be another interesting element to watch.
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Roger O. Crockett	iPod Killers? With innovative services and snazzier phones, the telecom players figure they can swipe a chunk of the digital music market that Apple Computer Inc. cracked open with its iconic iPod.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Matlack & Grover	Vivendi's New Vitality Three years after Messier, it's cashing in on his media vision. The Paris company is now in pole position to capitalize on the rapid spread of digitized entertainment. But if Vivendi is admired for its creativity, investors remain perplexed by its overall corporate vision.
Home Theater August 10, 2007 Mark Fleischmann	Universal to Test No-DRM Downloads Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label, takes a decisive step away from Digital Rights Managed music, and moves closer to a more open DRM-free download retail environment.
InternetNews December 27, 2005 Roy Mark	NY State May Probe Digital Download Pricing In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, Warner Music Group disclosed that it had received subpoenas regarding the pricing of digital music downloads.
InternetNews March 9, 2006 David Miller	TV Shows by the Byte With Apple With the Apple iTunes store's new "Multi-Pass," users can buy monthly subscriptions to TV shows and have them delivered right to their desktops.
PC Magazine September 28, 2005 John C. Dvorak	The New Music Download Battle The RIAA is not happy with the cost of songs in iTunes and wants a variable-priced solution.
Fast Company December 1, 2007 Adam L. Penenberg	All Eyes On Apple Will the gray light of January cool the world's hottest company?
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The Motley Fool August 10, 2005 Tim Beyers	Apple's iTunes Rocks Japan The iTunes Music Store sets another new record. Impressive though that is, Apple's stock remains expensive.
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	Apple Hit by Lawsuit The plaintiff wants to loosen the ties between the iPod and the iTunes music service.
InternetNews December 10, 2007	Universal Music Taps Social Network to Pitch Artists Universal Music Group on Monday said it signed an agreement with music-based social networking Web site Imeem to provide free, on-demand streaming of its digital music and videos that will be supported by advertising.
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The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Tim Beyers	Microsoft Sings a New Zune The Zune portable music and video player will include hardware, software, and an online store, making it the Windows equivalent of the iPod and iTunes. Should Apple shareholders be alarmed?
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Seth Jayson	Microsoft's New Paperweight The Zune is typical Microsoft: some interesting ideas for improvement lost, because the people making the device didn't think things through all the way.