News Archive for 08/05/19

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TouchTunes pushes Usher with iTunes pre-order

05/19, 4:30pm

TouchTunes iTunes promo

TouchTunes is giving away iTunes material as part of a multi-pronged promotional strategy, according to an announcement. Visitors to bars and other public places can now queue Usher's "Love in This Club Part II," from one of TouchTunes' digital jukeboxes; by agreeing to submit an e-mail address, they can pre-order Usher's new album on iTunes with three bonus tracks, and meanwhile download the single, plus the original "Love in This Club" music video. The album otherwise goes on sale May 27th.

Piper: iPod sales may make unusual gains in Q2

05/19, 3:45pm

Piper: 10.5M+ iPods in Q2

Apple's iPod sales may see an unusual boost during the second quarter of the year, say analysts with the research firm Piper Jaffray. The group argues that results from the first month of the quarter, collected by NPD, point to approximately 10.5 to 11 million iPods being sold by the end. If so, this would represent a 1 percent quarter-over-quarter growth, instead of the 6 percent sequential decline (to 10 million iPods) predicted by historical trends. Piper itself has previously estimated sales of 10.2 million iPods.