FOX will keep their shows on iTunes
Sometimes, it's worth announcing something just for the sake of announcing something... apparently. Following on the heels of the NBC/iTunes kerfuffle, which Brad talked about here, NewsCorp has announced that they won't be pulling their videos off of iTunes. In other news, Dogs have announced that they are indeed going to keep chasing Cats.It does seem rather silly to announce that you are not going to do something, but if you head over to Reuters to read the story, there is another interesting little bit in there.
NewsCorp's president and CEO, Peter Chernin, is quoted as saying "Right now we have a perfectly good relationship with Apple." However, he goes on to add, "...we're the ones who should determine what the fair price for our product is, not Apple."
That sounds to me like the beginnings of another variable pricing scheme. And the pessimist in the back of my melon has convinced me that Peter and his pals aren't determined to get control of iTunes pricing so they can lower prices. So this time, I'm siding with the Steve.

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