Apple expands upon Mac iTunes sales in SEC filing: related news

Apple expands upon Mac, iTunes sales in SEC filing

As we heard when Apple announced its second quarter earnings, both Mac sales and revenues were up significantly from Q2 2007. The earnings conference calls don't usually delve into specific details between Mac models, though. Fortunately, Apple also has to file earnings reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and according to a nice analyzation by AppleInsider, Apple's most recent filing offers more information about Mac and iTunes sales growth.

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Sync your iTunes libraries

iTunes can easily share its content over your local network. But if you want a complete copy of your media library on more than one Mac, you’ll need to synchronize some files. However, merely copying, say, a folder full of AAC files from one Mac to another is not enough; you must also copy the iTunes Library files containing metadata, playlists, and other important information. And therein lies the rub: If you’ve changed the contents of iTunes on both Macs, merely copying the iTunes Library files in one direction or the other (manually or with a file-synchronization utility) won’t synchronize their contents, so neither iTunes library will be correct. For example, songs present on both Macs’ hard disks may not actually show up in iTunes on one Mac or the other, and one Mac’s playlists might entirely overwrite the other’s.

May Sales Down 1% For Tandy Leather Factory

June 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) (Current Market Cap: US$ 34.36 Mil.) said that its sales for the month of May were $4.5 million, down 1% from May 2007 sales of $4.6 million. The company s year-to-date sales are down 4% to $22.6 million in the current year from $23.5 million last year. The company s Retail Leathercraft segment posted an 8% sales increase for May, with sales totaling $2.0 million compared to $1.9 million in May 2007. The 67 comparable stores posted a 3% same store sales gain for the month. Five stores that opened in or after May 2007 added sales for the month of $86,000. Year-to-date sales for Retail Leathercraft are $10.4 million this year, up 3% over last year's sales of $10.1 million. As of the end of May, same store sales were down 3% for the year.

66% Apple Market Share For Sales of High-End PCs

An anonymous reader lets us know about a recent analysis of retail computer sales numbers that shines a spotlight on Apple's sales growth as the PC market has flattened. In the lucrative >$1,000 PC segment, in the first quarter of 2008, Apple's retail market share was 66%. This includes a 64% market share for laptops and a market share for desktops of 70%. The article attributes the bulk of this success to Apple's stores. Fortune picked up this report and pointed out the somewhat obvious fact that the >$1,000 PC segment is Apple's by default, since Dell, HP, and Lenovo sell the bulk of their machines in the $500-$750 range, and Apple has only one model selling for less than $1,000. As the analyst said, "If you don't give people a choice [in the Apple stores], people will spend more.

Apple touts 5th iTunes birthday, 10m song catalog

Apple on Monday celebrated the fifth anniversary of iTunes (Music Store) with a look at back at all "all of the great music, video, and exclusives" that users discovered on iTunes and highlighting the songs and shows that defined each year. On its iTunes store, Apple offered a brief history along with a collection of "best sellers". The company, which launched the iTunes Store on April 28, 2003, claims grew its music catalog of more than 200,000 songs and a handful of exclusive tracks to more than 10 million, according to info available at the online store -- up 66 percent from the 6 million song catalog announced in early April. Update: As readers point out, the iTunes software was released in 2001. [updated]

Apple releases tv show downloads to Apple iTunes Australia

Apple releases tv show downloads to Apple iTunes Australia Apple is making television programming from Australia’s top networks including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Seven Network and Nine Network, along with US-produced programs from The Walt Disney Company’s ABC Studios, Disney Channel and MTV Networks, available on the iTunes Store in Australia.

iPhone Optus rumor; Apple TV allows movie sales; Mac web share

Apple may use Australia as a testbed and sell the iPhone as a non-exclusive in the country, says one report. Meanwhile, Apple has enabled direct movie purchases from the Apple TV, Mac and iPhone web share has dropped in April as the iPhone becomes Flickr's top cameraphone. Also, Apple is moving some of its support efforts from California to Texas, and new iMacs have been tested against earlier models.

Partnership to create iTunes storefronts for radio stations

As part of its recent efforts to expand the reach of the iTunes Store, Apple has been getting quite cozy with radio, and coming up with as many iTunes tie-ins as it can. First, we saw iTunes tagging and purchasing for HD radio tracks, but Apple is casting a wider net for its next tie-in and integrating iTunes with radio stations as a whole. Just what is this new venture? Well, Macworld has some coverage on a recent partnership between Apple and a company called Emmis Interactive, which will provide radio stations with web-based iTunes storefronts.

Apple says iTunes has sold more than 5 billion songs

Apple, maker of the iPod media player, said its iTunes online store has sold more than 5 billion songs since its debut five years ago as more fans abandon record shops for the Web. The site is the most popular in the United States for legal music downloads, with more than 8 million songs. ITunes customers also are renting or buying more than 50,000 movies a day, Apple said Thursday in a statement. Sales of CDs and music DVDs fell 13 percent to $15.9 billion last year, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said yesterday. Sales of downloaded songs and mobile-phone ring tones rose 34 percent to $2.9 billion.

Apple's iTunes to sell movies same day as DVD release

Days after celebrating iTunes' fifth anniversary, Apple on Thursday is expected to announce a breakthrough movie distribution deal that would allow it to sell new releases at the iTunes Store, offering a digital content delivery alternative to DVD sales. The new agreement will include major studios such as Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate and New Line as well as smaller boutiques such as Magnolia and Image Entertainment, but will leave out new titles from MGM, the report said. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the move would allow a broad slate of top-shelf films to be offered day-and-date with home video releases, potentially cannibalizing DVD sales, while simulataneousl putting "significant" pressure on iTunes competitors ranging from Amazon's Unbox to Microsoft XBox Live Marketplace

Apple Premieres Movies on the iTunes Store in Canada and UK

"Apple today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate and Maple Pictures are now available on the iTunes® Store in Canada (www.itunes.ca). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Canada features over 1,200 films available for rent or purchase, with titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including recent blockbusters such as..."

HBO Comes to iTunes as Apple Caves on Pricing

Apple has been adamant about pricing of videos on iTunes, and in fact that’s one of the reasons that NBC left the iTunes store and eventually wound up at the Zune Marketplace. But now it appears they have become more flexible, as HBO and Apple announced on Tuesday that HBO shows are now available on iTunes - and some are priced above the $1.99 price Apple had previously set as a ceiling.

Apple Premieres Movies on the iTunes Store in Canada

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 4 /CNW/ -- Apple(R) today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate and Maple Pictures are now available on the iTunes(R) Store in Canada (http://www.itunes.ca). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes' legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Canada features over 1,200 films available for rent or purchase, with titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including recent blockbusters such as "Juno," "I Am Legend," "National Treasure 2: Book of Secret

Analyst, NPD data suggest solid Mac, iPod sales this spring

Although Apple had a great second quarter, many analysts were apprehensive about just what the third quarter would bring in terms of iPod and Mac sales. But based on preliminary reports for the third quarter, it seems that much of the worrying was unfounded. Apple Insider has coverage of analyst Ben Reitzes' (who's now with Lehman Brothers) recent research note, in which he looks at recent NPD Group data suggesting that Mac and iPod sales in April were strong.

Movie Sales May Follow Music Online

Apple, Inc.'s iTunes Store reached a significant milestone as its music downloads passed the five billion mark. Apple is also making it easy to access digital movies from major studios on the iTunes Store, and online movie sales could soar. An analyst points out that with Apple's iTunes Store and the Netflix by Roku, digital movies are here to stay.

Mac Cloner Psystar Ships First Service Pack

Preedit writes "Not only is Mac clone maker Psystar continuing to defy Apple's ban on third-party Leopard installations, it's supporting the hardware with updates. Psystar Mac clones shipped as of Monday will include a 'service pack' that features fixes for a range of problems, some of them inherent in Apple's own software, according to InformationWeek. The fixes address a range of troubles, from glitches in Apple's Time Machine backup feature to quirks in the Keyboard Viewer and Character Palette entries in Leopard's system preferences menu. There's also support for the latest version of Java and other updates. According to the story, by offering a full menu of support, Psystar appears to be daring Apple to attempt to enforce provisions in the Leopard license agreement that forbid third-party installations and sales.

Ars celebrates iTunes Store's birthday with our own wishlist

Happy 5th Birthday, iTunes Store! Photo CC Daniel Catt. Just five years ago today, Apple unveiled the iTunes Music Store, intended to be the best solution for online music distribution. Since then, the name has changed to simply iTunes Store as it offers an array of audio books, movies, and other media in addition to music. In the last five years, the iTunes Store has gone from 20,000 tracks to over 10 million, and now has over 50 million users in 22 countries worldwide. Consistently claiming a large majority of download sales and recently becoming the top music distributor in the US, the iTunes Store is one of the best online sources for legal music and other media.

UK, Canada get iTunes movie purchases and rentals

UK, Canada get iTunes movie purchases and rentals Earlier this year Apple announced its much-anticipated movie rental service for US customers of the iTunes Store – complementing its direct movie sales business. But though success in this department has been a far cry from that of its digital music store, the video download market is still expanding… and so is the iTunes Store. Starting today, Apple iTunes movies rentals and purchases are also available for customers in both Canada and the UK.

Cover Stream 2.0: iTunes Cover Flow for the desktop

Snarb.tk has released Cover Stream 2.0, an update to its iTunes controller that extends iTunes Cover Flow to the desktop. The upgrade features new graphics, a playlist and search filter, an integrated songs browser, Last FM and Apple Remote support, full screen mode, Apple-flavored bezels, desktop artwork, and much more. Cover Stream, a popular iTunes controller, was developed exclusively for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, extending iTunes Cover Flow to the desktop and giving users a quick and convenient way to control, browse and search their music library.

Motley Crue Single Selling Bigger on Rock Band Than iTunes

Perhaps proving that both Rock Band and Guitar Hero as capable of selling music as an iTunes or Amazon, sales of Mötley Crüe’s new single “Saints of Los Angeles� have sold five times more copies for Rock Band as it did on iTunes after a month. But sales of “Saints of Los Angeles� aren’t just an aberration: Sales of Black Tide’s “Shockwave� boast similar stats, with Rock Band’s sales trumping iTunes by ten times. “We do research on every artist we have, and the research said that the people who bought Mötley Crüe music and tickets play Rock Band and video games … (so) it was our inclination to go there,� Tenth Street CEO Allen Kovac says. Of course, Rock Band downloads are only available in the game — songs cannot be transferred to portable MP3 players.

Google Gets Serious About Open Source Mac Projects

mjasay sends us a link to a CNet story, which begins: "In the '20 percent time' that Google employees have to work on projects of personal interest, it turns out that an increasing number are spending time writing open-source projects for their Macs. Google has long had a fondness for the Mac, with upwards of 6,000 of its 20,000 current employees opting to use the Mac over Windows. It is in the 20 percent employee development time, however, where this statistic becomes interesting. At Google, development time translates into products. The more Mac-friendly employees, the more Mac-related development. The more Mac-related development, the more Google-sponsored Mac-based open-source code. As Google's Mac Developer Playground demonstrates, some of this code is quite interesting.

Apple premieres movies for sale and rent on UK iTunes Store with 48 hour rental window

Apple today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate UK are now available on the iTunes Store in the UK. Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in the UK features over 700 films available for rent or purchase, with titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including favorites such as “Hitman,� “I Am Legend,� “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets� and “Into the Wild.

iTunes outplays Wal-Mart in music sales

In another sign of the power of the web in music sales, Apple Inc.’s online iTunes Store topped the retail charts with the most overall music sales in January and February, overtaking Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for the first time, according to sales figures compiled by research NPD Group Inc.

Music sales through Rock Band compete with iTunes - and sometimes they win

Music sales through Rock Band compete with iTunes - and sometimes they win As music-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Star continue to enjoy strong sales, they've also created an interesting niche market for music sales. In fact the two titles have reportedly sold more than 25 million downloads combined. While most of the songs which can be downloaded for each game are familiar radio staples, a handful are new or relatively new tracks that aren't nearly as well known. You might think that's a recipe for slow sales on the newer titles, but that's not necessarily the case.

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