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Thursday, April 3, 2008
iTunes becomes top U.S. music retailer
It’s official.
Apple has announced (based on NPD sales numbers) that it has surpassed Wal-Mart as the top U.S. music retailer. The company’s iTunes service has sold more than 4 billion songs and has 50 million users, the company said.
And oh yeah, MySpace has just launched its own music service with major labels which will offer free as well as pay-to-download music. Good luck catching up!
Speaking of music services, Austin’s curious Slacker Portable Music player gets the first in a series of write-ups from Engadget. Anyone who’s curious about the device’s capabilities and quality of the Slacker will want to check out these articles.
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‘South Park’ takes on ‘Chocolate Rain,’ YouTube stars
Oh my God, they killed Tay Zonday!
In an episode ostensibly taking on the winter WGA strike, “South Park” also found time to take on the world of viral videos. On last night’s show, the boys are trying to raise money to give to a striking Canada (long story) and create their own video featuring Butters. While trying to collect their theoretical money for their hit video, they end up in a waiting room with Tay Zonday (the “Chocolate Rain” guy), the Dramatic Chipmunk, Laughing Baby, Tron Guy and other YouTube “stars.”
Fans of the show won’t be surprised that the scene ends in a cartoon-bloody massacre, but seeing these Internet stars in animated from was pretty fun.
We can’t embed the video here (for content reasons), but you can watch the full episode (or just see the Internet stars clip) on the newly revamped South Park Studios Web site, which features every episode of the show in its entirety for free.
Warning: Very not safe for work. Some adult content.
Since we can’t show you “South Park,” here’s “Laughing Baby” instead:
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