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NBC Chief Slamming Apple

Posted by kdawson on from the catch-more-flies-with-honey dept.

On the heels of the beta of NBC's and News Corp.'s less-than-killer Hulu music store, NBC's chief Jeff Zucker is speaking out and saying the darnedest things. First, news.com reports, with derision, that Zucker demanded a cut of Apple's iPod revenue. That'll sure happen. Next, AppleInsider caught Zucker urging colleagues to take a stand against Apple's iTunes, charging that the digital download service was undermining the ability of traditional media companies to set profitable rates for their content online.

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  1. hehehe by rastoboy29 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go ahead, scream motherfucker, for all the good it'll do you!

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    1. Re:hehehe by dgun · · Score: 4, Funny

      motherfucker

      Or motherzucker?

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  2. Happened before by R15I23D05D14Y · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are trying to promote torrent use, by getting rid of legal alternatives. First make it to expensive, and then watch a black market form. It's happened before :(

  3. Re:Hey Zucker, go $#!^ in your own hat. by dgun · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about sticking to content creation and paying good writers to create quality content?

    Deal or no deal twice a week, the biggest loser, 500 versions of law and order. If they do quality content, they might lose their audience.

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  4. To be fair to traditional media companies... by MojoRilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    NBC Universal chief executive Jeff Zucker on Sunday urged colleagues to take a stand against Apple's iTunes, charging that the digital download service was undermining the ability of traditional media companies to set profitable rates for their content online.
    To be fair to traditional media companies, blow and hookers cost a lot of money.
  5. Which is it? by stormguard2099 · · Score: 4, Funny
    TFA

    NBC chief says Apple 'destroyed' music pricing I thought all the pirates were responsible for that! Now i'm really confused......
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  6. Great marketing speak translator by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "unable to set profitable rates" = "unable to rip everyone off anymore"

    grunka-lunka-dunkity-dahfitable,
    we don't care if your service is profitable!

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  7. Re:I paid 99 cents for a comcast ppv NBC show by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they don't include some kind of commercial interruption it screws up the flow of the show. After a witty comeback or cliffhanger the show needs to break to give the viewer time to process what they've seen. It's artistic integrity we're dealing with here people. That's why we need to preserve the commercials in their entirety whenever possible.