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McDonald's Denies Deal With iTunes

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fiction-better-than-truth dept.

fdiv_bug writes "Turns out, according to a press release, that the iTunes Music Store/McDonald's deal mentioned earlier today was only a rumor. A swing and a miss for the New York Post." It sounded pretty plausible, even if the cost was roughly 50% more than McDonald's usual yearly advertising expenditures.

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  1. Maybe this can herald a new way to .... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    do deals? Announce a deal idea on /., watch the community debate it, get a bunch of ideas from it. Free brainstorming from the /. community.

    1. Invent boy band

    2. Tie download of boy band song to Happy Meals

    3. Profit!

    1. Re:Maybe this can herald a new way to .... by Frymaster · · Score: 4, Funny
      Free brainstorming from the /. community.

      ah yes, "news for marketing professionals,"

      if your focus group is slashdot you're in serious trouble, my lad.

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    2. Re:Maybe this can herald a new way to .... by tmark · · Score: 5, Funny

      if your focus group is slashdot you're in serious trouble, my lad.

      No kidding. If McDonalds really wanted a promotion to get slashdotters, they should offer trading cards of anime girls and a wad of kleenex with every happy meal.

    3. Re:Maybe this can herald a new way to .... by `Sean · · Score: 2, Funny
      1. Invent boy band
      Du Jour means friendship! Du Jour means seatbelts...
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    4. Re:Maybe this can herald a new way to .... by Trent05 · · Score: 0, Funny

      How 'bout Natalie Portman trading cards w/ the purchase of hot grits!

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    5. Re:Maybe this can herald a new way to .... by ashitaka · · Score: 5, Funny

      "a wad of kleenex..."

      Somehow the term "Happy Meal" just took on a whole new sinister meaning...

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    6. Re:Maybe this can herald a new way to .... by DrEldarion · · Score: 2, Funny

      if your focus group is slashdot you're in serious trouble, my lad.

      Unless you're selling Linux boxes with Natalie Portman decals on the side.

  2. Not so fast... by corebreech · · Score: 5, Funny

    I happen to know that the deal was for real, but that the contract was stored on an external FireWire drive that was connected to a iBook running Panther, which is the same thing as saying it was deleted.

    (or was it lost when saved using Panther's new FileVault feature, which acts as an auxiliary trash can? To be honest, I forget now.)

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  3. Damn... by GregThePaladin · · Score: 5, Funny
    That might have gave me a reason to eat sometrhing other than ramen.

    Not that McDonalds is much better. Or any better, actually.

  4. Yeah... by Dr+Reducto · · Score: 1, Funny

    Apple denies it like rumors of G5's and updated Powerbooks. Could that mean my precious G5 PB is coming?

  5. I want my WWN! by SexyKellyOsbourne · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Slashdot is going to start posting erroneous stories from tabloids such as the New York Post, they should instead post stories from the Weekly World News. I don't believe what a newspaper says unless it has BatBoy endorsing it!

    New today: litterboxes for humans!

    http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/news/index.cfm

  6. Re:Scary footage...children look away! by MoronGames · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ergh! I started playing it and I didn't know I had my speakers up so loud. The pain!

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  7. What a total waste of time! by Basehart · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been at the counter of my local McDonalds since reading the press release, waiting to get my free iTunes, and now I stink of grease!

    Thanks Apple!

  8. Silly New York Post... by AvantLegion · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... they're trying to copy the Times, but they obviously haven't figured out the difference between fabricating stories and just plain fucking up.

  9. Oh, well... by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least we can still dream about Superdriving our combo and ordering a Big iMac and files to go with it.

  10. So, that that then... by EverDense · · Score: 5, Funny

    The age old question has just been answered.
    Ronald McDonald DOES read SlashDot.

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    1. Re:So, that that then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      naturally. /. is full of clowns.

  11. Healthy Alternative by speed-sf · · Score: 2, Funny

    well, it seemed like a good idea, then Apple was worried they'd get sued for making people fat.

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  12. people like ipod but...... by hhknighter · · Score: 2, Funny

    as great as most people think of the ipod, I can guarantee that it doesn't have a taste modifying feature.

    I would take 40 gigs of songs (hmm, good ones, so really, around 15 megs), yes, but not with 40 pounds of grease.

    And in other news, man won $1 bill worth of songs stuck inside a local McDonalds.

  13. Just waiting for that headline.... by Channard · · Score: 5, Funny
    'Hamburglar arrested for file sharing.'

    'In a dawn raid on McDonaldstown by the RIAA, fictional corporate character Hamburgler was placed under arrest for downloading a number of copyrighted songs. Currently languishing in federal 'pound me in the ass' psison, Hamburglar was reported to have said in response to the allegations 'Robble robble. Robble robble robble robble robble. Robble!' No court date has yet been set.'