Everything All Of The Time Edition
Todays links of interest:
- iTunes Overtakes Wal-Mart in Music Sales
So. This is a good thing in that Apple is substantially less evil and more music-focused than Wal-Mart. It’s still a bad thing in that selling music really isn’t Apple’s primary goal. Also: enjoy it while you can, Apple, because Amazon’s potentially far more awesome music store is just gathering steam. - What happened when I Googled For You
When you set up a website for a fake company as an April Fools joke, one of two things happens: naturally, some people don’t get that it’s a joke and have negative reactions to the idea as it is presented to them. But other people get the joke and want to play along, just to see how far you’re willing to go to perpetuate it. Not that we’re experts or anything, but we don’t think that Manjoo should have admitted anything, certainly not this soon. Or ever. - Radiohead Best Of Details Revealed
In case you were wondering why Radiohead wanted to leave EMI in the first place. Expect slightly different repackagings of what will be essentially the same bunch of the songs every few years between now and the end of time. - McCain Reacts to Heidi Montag Endorsement!
They. Deserve. Each. Other. - New York `Borat’ Lawsuit Is Dismissed
Borat deemed to be "journalism", which makes sense if Lou Dobbs and Bill O’Reilly and Chris Matthews are allowed to claim they’re journalists… - MySpace music venture to take on iTunes
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. - Critics v bloggers – who’ll win?
Why do we need a winner at all? Remember, it’s all about the either/and. - MLB.TV strikes out with premium online video
Opening day mostly sucked for MLB.TV subscribers. But have no fear, usage will likely drop off dramatically for the next 150 games or so, then pick up again as playoffs approach.