Apple meddelte i går i en pressemelding at de har passert 150 millioner nedlastede spor fra iTunes Music Store. Låten de passerte 150 millioner med var Ex-Factor med Lauryn Hill. Nå laster iTunes brukere ned mer enn 4 millioner spor i uken som er en rate på over 200 millioner sanger i året. I samme pressemelding kom det fram at Apple også snart vil lansere sin "pan-EU" iTMS. Om Norge er med denne gangen er uvisst.
Utdrag fra pressemelding:
CUPERTINO, California?October 14, 2004?Apple® today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 150 million songs from the iTunes® Music Store, marking another major milestone for the online music business. The 150 millionth song was ?Ex-Factor? by Lauryn Hill and was purchased by Beth Santisteven from Ignacio, Colorado. iTunes users are now downloading more than 4 million songs per week, a rate of over 200 million songs per year. Apple also announced the immediate availability of iTunes gift cards at all Best Buy stores.
?Crossing 150 million downloads marks another major milestone for the online music business,? said Eddy Cue, Apple?s vice president of Applications. ?We?re looking forward to bringing iTunes to even more music lovers when we launch our pan-EU music store soon.?
