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Nope, no Beatles yet. Still exclusive (via legal means) to iTunes.


Thanks, that's good (sad) to know.

Right now, I use a combination of Rhapsody and Google Music to get The Beatles (from CDs I own and have ripped.)


While it's a fundamentally different approach -- Pandora has the Beatles.

I've been a Pandora One subscriber (no ads for $30/year) and I'm quite happy with it. Sometimes I do want _A_ song, but in general, outsourcing my playlist to their algorithms has worked out great.


Nope. Apple's terms are explicit that iTunes price has to be lowest possible option (though others can be equally low). They've offered publishers like Conde Nast a tiny bit of wiggle room, by allowing them to sell print + digital bundles on their own sites; those bundles are more expensive than the all-digital subscription offered on itunes, but you could argue that they effectively discount the digital portion.


Yup. Worth noting, though, that Tim and some other execs already got to take a few million off the table last summer by selling some shares to their biggest investors. See "investor offer" in the S-1: http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1230276/00011931251103296...


Ivan, I'm noting your comment, and Paul's, on my post. But the offer I made multiple times to you and Abby still stands -- if there's more info that you want to get out, I'm happy to chat. pk


This is my favorite online "journalism" technique ever. When someone you want a scoop from won't comment, just make a bunch of crap up and then when they get angry say "hey feel free to comment".


No Matt, it's not that. It's writing up a story, not having received comments from one party, explaining how you've given the party many chances to comment on the matter, for honesty's sake and the integrity of journalism, yet never considering that perhaps that party's refusal to comment could be due to other matters, legal or what have you, and indirectly making that party look shady for not returning the honest gesture.


Assuming he is a moderately competent journalist that has done his homework about the subject he is writing about, he's aware of this:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=777010


What part is made up?


"Some basic, undisputed facts: ... he and his wife are shutting TipJoy down and returning what’s left of the $1 million they had raised to their investors."

Do you have any sources, documentation or other reason to believe that TipJoy raised $1 million?


Re: Tipjoy's Series A. Multiple reports pegged it at $1M. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/tipjoy-raises-1-million... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/technology/angel-investor/e... Are you saying those reports are wrong? Or that the company didn't call down the entire round?

Re: Comments. I reached out to Ivan and Abby more than 24 hours before I published the story. I understand why they'd be reluctant to respond, and I told them that.

I appreciate the back and forth on this board -- Paul's comments have been particularly enlightening -- but I'm going to bow out now. Please contact me directly if you have specific comments or questions. Thanks. pk


From your article:

You could see why some of TipJoy’s backers, which include BetaWorks, the Accelerator Group, ex-Googler Chris Sacca and the Y Combinator start-up factory, might cry foul.

Have any of them actually cried foul? I recommend following up with them if you are really interested in the facts.


The part about the $1 million VC money. But perhaps it wasn't you who made it up.


It was him who called it an indisputable fact.


Er, "undisputed" is not the same as "indisputable". Just sayin'.


How much time did you give them to respond before posting your story?


Hey! jm4! Missed you. Thanks for checking in.


"How about submitting a couple of your favorites that actually might be relevant here? " That's what I'm trying to do - and I'm pretty sure that's most of the publishers/writers/bloggers who post here are trying to do. If were submitting everything we posted, there would be many, many more submissions. In any case, sometimes the HN folks like the stuff I submit, and sometimes they don't. I think that works pretty well, no?


hey lemony. don't follow - are you saying we got this from hacker news?


not necessarily, although TC definitely sources articles from hacker news, and seemingly a few alley insider articles as well.

does it matter to me one way or the other? nope. good journalists/writers find stories where they may, but more a reference to how influential hacker news is/has become


I'm a blogger and I absolutely use HN as a resource.


ok just curious. actually, i don't think SAI really does, but we should - lots of good stuff here.


Sorry to all offended. We published because we thought it was interesting, and I promoted here for same reason.


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