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iTunes Sales Not 'Collapsing' After All

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the looking-at-the-bigger-picture dept.

john82 writes "Earlier this month we had a report from Forrester, based on a random sampling of 2,000 credit card accounts, that purported to show that iTunes sales were crashing. Now comes another survey from Reston, VA-based ComScore which indicates the exact opposite. ComScore's report which is based on actual iTunes sales shows a 84% increase during the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile the author of the Forrester report, Josh Bernoff, noted in his blog yesterday that they shouldn't be pummeled just because everyone took what he wrote and ran with it."

13 of 122 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Own up to your reporting "I stand..." by Elsan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I stand by this man as long as he isn't proven wrong.

  2. Re:*Yawn* by SoLoman33333 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah yes, truthiness. How I've missed thee...

  3. iTunes sales up! by Ingolfke · · Score: 1, Funny

    I knew this... I purchased a few TV Shows over the iTunes this year, 3 to be exact. So I estimate that iTunes grew by like at least 300%.

  4. Re:liars, crooks, and analysts by badonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I might be considered a fanboy of one of these companies, and it's not Apple

    You're a fanboy of Forrester and Gartner, too?!?

  5. Re:ComScore by Goaway · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, they if anyone would know, wouldn't they?

  6. Re:Own up to your reporting by Gilmoure · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, everyone knows that Apple is beleaguered and ready to die. Everyone knows that!

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    I drank what? -- Socrates
  7. He should not be pummled by soft_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    He should take a hit on credibility. He maybe should be fired. But I agree that physically injuring him is probably more than he deserves.

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    Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
  8. Re:Own up to your reporting by eln · · Score: 1, Funny

    No kidding. Everyone knows Apple is on death's door. We've known that for 20 years.

  9. Re:Own up to your reporting by HAKdragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple Computer, on the verge of dying since 1976!

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    "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. We have a protractor."
  10. Welcome to America by plopez · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where your information belongs to everyone but you.

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    putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
  11. The "New Responsibility" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Welcome to the "New Responsibility" where NOBODY is responsible for ANYTHING that they do!

    This guy isn't responsible for getting his data completely wrong on the iTunes story.

    The government isn't responsible for getting it wrong about WMD, having enough armor for our troops, for Katrina relief efforts or for covering the defecit that they keep increasing.

    The editor isn't responsible for his writer faking articles.

    And Microsoft isn't responsible for all of the holes in their security.

    Heck, I'm not even responsible for the spelling errors in this post! That's my keyboard's fault, obviously!

    Yes, friends, welcome to the "New Responsibility." New from CronCo... and with it you get a Veg-O-Matic, a Chia Pet and a free iPod... IF you subscribe now............!

    Operators are standing by, but YOU will be responsible for YOUR payments for those "free" goodies...!

    And that's what the NEW Responsibility is really all about...

    Lee Darrow, C.H.

  12. This just in... by Skyguard · · Score: 2, Funny

    a new study shows that studies are not factual at all and are used as propaganda by large powerful companies.

  13. truism once again proven by chelanfarsight · · Score: 2, Funny

    there are three kinds of lies in this world: lies, damn lies, and statistics.