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ITunes Store

iTunes Store is a digital marketplace selling songs, albums, music videos, ringtones and alert tones. It was launched by Apple on April 28, 2003, for Mac OS X, and on October 16, 2003, for Microsoft Windows. It launched as a mobile application with iOS on June 29, 2007.

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Availability
See Internationalization
Developer
Apple
Launch date
April 28, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-04-28) (macOS) October 16, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-10-16) (Microsoft Windows) June 29, 2007; 19 years ago (2007-06-29) (iOS)
Platform(s)
macOS iOS iPadOS tvOS Windows XP and later
Type
Digital music store Video on demand (moved to Apple TV) App store (moved to App Store) Ebook store (moved to Apple Books) Podcast store (moved to Apple Podcasts)

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Overview

History

Features and restrictions

Music

Censorship

Reception and commercial success

Sales milestones

Internationalization

Digital rights management

Promotions

Technical details

Legal disputes

Content disputes

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ITunes Store

Nodes196
Edges195
Triples192
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010204
Components1

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ITunes Store

Top relations

related to Digital rights management · 27
ITunes Store → AAC, Although, Apple, Apple Music, Apple's, Apple's CEO, Apple's FairPlay, April, DRM, DRM-free, DRM-protected, EMI, EMI's, FairPlay, Full DRM-free, In, In February, In January, MP4, On January
related to Current availability · 23
ITunes Store → Amazon Fire TV, Apple, Apple Music, Apple TV, Currently, December, Leopard, Linux, Mac, Microsoft Windows, Music, Preview, Roku, Should, Store, The, This, Unlike, Users, Video
related to Reception and commercial success · 20
ITunes Store → Apple, Expo, In, In January, Macworld Conference, Music Store, October, On December, On March, San Francisco, Sarah McLachlan, Sellers, Steve Jobs, The, The Path, They, Thorns, US, When, Windows
related to history · 19
ITunes Store → Apple, April, By May, February, In, In April, Jobs, Mac, Microsoft Windows, Music, Music Store, October, Steve Jobs, Store, Store's, The, United States, US, Windows
related to Music · 17
ITunes Store → Apple, April, As, Bertelsmann Music Group, EMI, June, Led Zeppelin, Not, Radiohead, Songs, Sony Music Entertainment, Store, The, The Orchard, Tuesday, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group
related to NBC Universal TV series · 17
ITunes Store → Apple, Century Fox, Chuck, December, House, It, Journeyman, NBC, NBC's, NBCUniversal-owned Universal Television, On August, On December, Other, Store, Universal-produced, US, Warner Bros
related to Universal Music Group · 13
ITunes Store → Amazon Music, Apple, Digital, DRM-free, Instead, MP3, On August, On July, Store, The New York Times, UMG, Universal, While
related to Market share · 12
ITunes Store → Apple, April, Best Buy, It's Showtime, On April, On February, On October, On September, Steve Jobs, Store, US, Walmart
related to Charitable donations · 8
ITunes Store → Apple, Haiti, Hurricane Sandy, In, Japanese, Red Cross, Store, Unlike
related to Technical details · 8
ITunes Store → HTML, Prior, Store, These, This, Web, WebKit, XML

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itunes music store apple songs available announced also song 10 tv us would digital million sold app free album content

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ITunes StoreAvailabilitySee Internationalization1.00infobox
ITunes StoreDeveloperApple1.00infobox
ITunes StoreLaunch dateApril 28, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-04-28) (macOS) October 16, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-10-16) (Microsoft Windows) June 29, 2007; 19 years ago (2007-06-29) (iOS)1.00infobox
ITunes StorePlatform(s)macOS iOS iPadOS tvOS Windows XP and later1.00infobox
ITunes StoreTypeDigital music store Video on demand (moved to Apple TV) App store (moved to App Store) Ebook store (moved to Apple Books) Podcast store (moved to Apple Podcasts)1.00infobox
ITunes StoreWebsiteapple.com/itunes1.00infobox
ITunes Storeis adigital marketplace selling songs0.90text
Apple Music or Apple TVinstance ofUnlike other Apple media services0.80text
JB Hi-Fiinstance ofare now also available in many more stores0.80text
David Jonesinstance ofare now also available in many more stores0.80text
and the Woolworths chain of storesinstance ofare now also available in many more stores0.80text
Amazon Musicinstance ofthrough a variety of online services0.80text

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