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Apple’s slipping iTunes sales prove streaming is the future

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iTunes numbers looked solid, if not outright impressive, when
   
        Apple reported fourth-quarter earnings
     (http://www.macworld.com/article/2836394/continuity-cannibals-and-apple-pay-6-key-takeaways-from-apples-q4-earnings.html)
    this week. Sales were up from $4.3 billion to $4.6 billion year-over-year. But Apple doesn’t break out music purchases from those numbers, so it’s
    difficult to tell what accounts for all that money. But now we know: It’s not music.</p><figure class="medium right">
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Apple might have the answer to its iTunes music problem: Beats.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2838913/apple-s-slipping-itunes-sales-prove-streaming-is-the-future.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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