Comments on: More on Apple’s Billions: This Time, It’s iTunes

By: Alen

Alen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:43:10 +0000

That’s supposed to say about 100 iPods, not exactly 100.

By: Alen

Alen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:41:34 +0000

@Scott that’s true but I was also thinking about the 1.29 pricing for most songs now, and I think they probably balance each other out.

@GS you are assuming that all ten billion dollars in revenue was spreadouy evenly throughoutthe seven years. I find it much more likely that the money was focused more directly in the last 2-3 years. Also you forget that iTunes has more than just a music store, though it’s true movies don’t move that well apps certainly do. Recently a company bought 100 iPod touches for security guards at a large company.each iPod had IRA pro pre installed. That’s a 900$ app. Also how much do you think iTunes cost to run? Probably not much. Hardware tajes alot more dev time, engineering resources, and product manufacturing costs. Not to mention with the release if the ipad mire apps are going to be selling like crazy. Last point, last quarter was a holiday quarter. In all honesty anyone hoping for a holiday quarter showing any fiscal quarter but the 2010 holiday is going to be severly disappointed. Sorry for the spelling I’m on my iPod

By: Tom Salinsky » Blog Archive » Friday’s This Week In History

Tom Salinsky » Blog Archive » Friday’s This Week In History — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:06:48 +0000

[...] Tim Cook lifted the lid on how Apple Inc functions. Methods include saying “no” to great ideas in order to stay focused – this apparently includes using the iPhone as a portable porno device. But what do they care – they just sold their ten billionth song on iTunes. [...]

By: GS

GS — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:54:14 +0000

Even at 9.9 billion, that’s over 7 years. Apple’s hardware will produce them nearly 50 billion in 2010 alone if the 4th Qtr 2009 was any indication of future sales. 15.7 billion in revenue and 1.2 billion was from the iTMS. so a bit less than 13% of total revenue from iTMS vs 87% from Hardware. Looks pretty clear where Apple’s main profit comes from.

By: IcyFog

IcyFog — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:19:37 +0000

Is the “price for success” the looming anti-trust suit?
@ Eideard
Even though Johnny Cash died, his estate would still receive royalties.

By: Eideard

Eideard — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:25:30 +0000

“The download likely earned Johnny Cash the usual pittance in royalties…”

Uh, I hate to tell you; but, Johnny Cash died in September, 2003.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:20:03 +0000

Not necessarily – purchasing an entire album can easily drop the per-song price below $0.99. I doubt that album purchases are a majority of Apple’s business, but I bet they’re significant enough to lower that overall sales figure by a billion or two.

By: Alen

Alen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:55:36 +0000

Actually more like 46 songs a second non stop. And over 9.9 billion dollars in sales.

By: halyein

halyein — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:56:16 +0000

Good article! I really wish Apple would change the interface of the store – it seems to get uglier every September.