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The Apple Core: It’s (almost) Showtime

Apple’s invitations to their 12 September 2006 press event (the un-keynote) feature a large Apple logo bathed in Hollywood-style search lights with copy reading “It’s Showtime” across the bottom. A thinly veiled reference to the movie download service that the company appears to ready to announce in six days.
“They’ve done really well in music, they’ve done well in music videos and they’ve done well in TV shows, so logically movies are the next area of focus,” said Shaw Wu, an analyst at American Technology Research who has a “buy” rating on the stock. “It’s a first kind of bigger step in the direction of movie content.”
Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.


Apple’s invitations to their 12 September 2006 press event (the un-keynote) feature a large Apple logo bathed in Hollywood-style search lights with copy reading “It’s Showtime” across the bottom. A thinly veiled reference to the movie download service that the company appears to ready to announce in six days.
“They’ve done really well in music, they’ve done well in music videos and they’ve done well in TV shows, so logically movies are the next area of focus,” said Shaw Wu, an analyst at American Technology Research who has a “buy” rating on the stock. “It’s a first kind of bigger step in the direction of movie content.”
Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.

By Jason O'Grady

Founded the PowerPage in 1995.