Comments on: iTunes store: 5 billion songs; 50,000 movies per day

By: Ilya

Ilya — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:14:04 +0000

please, someone tell those itunes shoppers about the bittorent

By: yet another steve, San Diego, CA

yet another steve, San Diego, CA — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:44:24 +0000

One way to put Apple's remarkable growth in perspective, is that the iTunes store is becoming roughly (as in order of magnitude) as big in revenues and profits as all of Apple before the iPod.

And a mere 10% on $3B in revenues is hardly breakeven any more.

P.S…. LOL at PED's new fanboy/stock pumper status. haha.

By: Interested Observer, Los Angeles, CA

Interested Observer, Los Angeles, CA — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:34:23 +0000

Four billion was actually announced in mid-January, 2008 at MacWorld Expo by Steve Jobs. Not in late February.

By: D9, Greenville, South Carolina

D9, Greenville, South Carolina — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:48:07 +0000

Considering that Apple didn't fully stock rentals until the last 2 months, one could expect that daily movie figure to increase. Perhaps that how we'll be able to see the impact of rentals when Apple releases the next set of figures, say around MacWorld.

By: HappyCamper, SF, CA

HappyCamper, SF, CA — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:39:32 +0000

Posted By Len Philadelphia, PA : Once again this site twists the headlines in an attempt to pump AAPL stock…last time they omitted a zero in front of .9 so it appeared as 9% increase in sales instead of 0.9% now it appears AAPL sells 5 billion songs a day.

Burning question is why does this poor journalism considered finacial new on Yahoo?

ex ped: Attempting to pump AAPL stock is not something I am often accused of.

PED runs at the rate of 1 positive apple story for each 5 negatives. If you feel he is pumping AAPL, what does that really tell you about the stock?

By: Keith, Riom, France

Keith, Riom, France — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:18:10 +0000

For Len in Philly:

Come on, there's a semicolon between the 2 ideas in the headline.

And do you really mean to say that people will run out and buy Apple stock because they simply see a headline that seemingly implies that Apple is selling 5 billion songs A DAY?? Investors who are so dumb as to buy on the basis of one semicolon-based headline deserve to get taken. They could do a lot worse than buying Apple, too.

P.S. No, I don't own any Apple stock.

By: Steve, Calgary, Alberta

Steve, Calgary, Alberta — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:14:58 +0000

Nobody in their right [freakin] mind would read the headline as "50 billion songs a day". Give us all a break.

MacFanBoy (and proud of it) but not a share holder for a very long time.

By: A. Greg Reynolds Los Angeles CA

A. Greg Reynolds Los Angeles CA — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:57:30 +0000

RE: Fourth billion. Shouldn't that be "Feb. 27, 2008"?

ex ped: Fixed. Thanks all.

By: Orac, Seattle, WA

Orac, Seattle, WA — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:30:18 +0000

I think you mean Feb 27, 2008 for 4 billion in sales, not 2007. Otherwise, very informative.

By: Michael Kottman, Muscatine, IA

Michael Kottman, Muscatine, IA — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:56:39 +0000

check the date on the fourth billion, I think it should be 2008 instead of 2007.