The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010)
The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote 2010-11-11 In May 2003, Apple invited me to their headquarters to discuss getting CD Baby’s catalog into the iTunes Music Store. iTunes had just launched two weeks before, with only some music from the major labels. Many of us in the music biz were not sure this idea was going to work. Especially those who had seen companies like eMusic do this exact same model for years without big success.
- ▪The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote 2010-11-11 In May 2003, Apple invited me to their headquarters to discuss getting CD Baby’s catalog into the iTunes Music Store. iTunes had just launched two weeks before, with only some music from
- ▪Many of us in the music biz were not sure this idea was going to work.
- ▪Especially those who had seen companies like eMusic do this exact same model for years without big success.
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| Original publisher | Derek Sivers |
| Canonical URL | https://sive.rs/itunes |
| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:07:44 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-24T09:40:40.700Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-24T09:40:40.700Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Cluster | dJHOkn_iN5WL |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote 2010-11-11 In May 2003, Apple invited me to their headquarters to discuss getting CD Baby’s catalog into the iTunes Music Store. iTunes had just launched two weeks before, with only some music from the major labels. Many of us in the music biz were not sure this idea was going to work. Especially those who had seen companies like eMusic do this exact same model for years without big success. I flew to Cupertino thinking I’d be meeting with one of their marketing or tech people. When I arrived, I found out that about a hundred people from small record labels and distributors had also been invited. We all went into a little presentation room, not knowing what to expect. Then out comes Steve Jobs. Whoa! Rock star.
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