Blog: Viva La Mainstream!

If you saw the iTunes homepage this morning, you probably saw a cryptic page touting an announcement tomorrow at 10AM. The geeks and Apple fanboys 1 saw this and immediately went into a tizzy. Speculation was abound that Apple was finally going to unveil a cloud-based streaming service, or perhaps a subscription plan similar to Rhapsody or Rdio. More measured predictions involved the long-rumored 90 second song previews. But a couple hours ago Billboard and The Wall Street Journal made an announcement that resonated on a different level. After nearly ten [...]