Posts Tagged with ‘Macworld-Expo-2008’

Jay-Z and Apple CEO Steve Jobs To Start Record Label?

Paul Glazowski

Know what hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and tech industry extraordinaire Steve Jobs have in common? Apparently a record company.
So some in the blogosphere are predicting will be the news later this month, anyway. The Boy Genius Report was one of the first to point out Wednesday the odd indication that a joint venture by the Apple CEO and former head (Pres.) of Def Jam is supposedly set for public debut. Why odd? Primarily because Mr Jobs hasn’t [...]

Apple, 20th Cent. Fox Sign Video Rental Deal

Paul Glazowski

What seemed to grow more and more apparent throughout the last few months in advance of Macworld Expo ’08 has finally been outed by big media.
The Financial Times reported early yesterday (in its trademark salmon-colored pages) that Apple and 20th Century Fox, a entity held by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, inked a deal that would grant iTunes users the option to rent films produced by the studio. The news of the impending partnership comes in anticipation of [...]