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iTunes Sales Not 'Collapsing' After All

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."

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  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. 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?!?

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

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

  5. 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
  6. 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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  7. Re:Own up to your reporting by HAKdragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple Computer, on the verge of dying since 1976!

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  8. 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+
  9. 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.

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

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