Headlines: 29 Apr 10
WSJ: Apple to Charge a Premium to Put Ads in Mobile Apps
“Setting a high bar for its debut in the advertising business, Apple Inc. aims to charge close to $1 million for ads on its mobile devices this year and perhaps even more to be among the first, ad executives say.
Apple is hitting the road to showcase its new mobile-device advertising capability, dubbed iAd, and has indicated it could charge as much as $10 million to be part of a handful of marketers at the launch, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ad executives say they are used to paying between $100,000 and $200,000 for similar mobile deals.”
TechCrunch: Apple To Shut Down Lala On May 31, iTunes.com Launch Impending?
“In a brief message that was just posted on the Lala.com website, Apple has announced that the service will be shut down on May 31st, 2010. Apple will not be accepting new users, and existing users will be able to log in only until the end of next month.
Does this mean we can start raising our hopes for iTunes in the cloud?”
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