What Steve Jobs did in his lifetime was revolutionary. He started with a high school degree, a few college classes and a dream. That dream was to change the World, and changing the World is exactly what he did.
It’s early 2002 and the illegal music downloading spree is in full swing. According to an article in the Rolling Stone, major record labels had responded to the digital revolution by filing lawsuits against services like Napster instead of making it easier for members of the public to access music. The music fans were outraged with what was going on and so was Steve Jobs.
So, what does Steve Jobs do? He does what any other great businessman would do. He finds a way to give the music fans exactly what they want. Jobs envisioned a product that would make customers want to pay for music online. This idea that Jobs had would eventually become what we all know as iTunes.
The music industry took a revolutionary turn after Apple released iTunes. Consumers were finally purchasing and downloading music legally. According to the Rolling Stone, eight years after the release of iTunes, Apple went on to sell over 300 million iPods and 10 billion music tracks via iTunes.
If you would like to read more about creation of iTunes and the revolutionary turn it took music on, the article can be found here.
This post is very interesting! With the recent death of Steve Jobs, it is nice to find out all of the great things he’s done in his lifetime. Good job! 🙂
Nice story! I didn’t know Steve Jobs was behind iTunes.
Good job! It’s always good to hear about him and how he changed the music world. He was a very smart and interesting man.
Good topic for a news post and good job citing the Rolling Stone article. Couple issues, though. Keep your opinion out – saying Jobs was revolutionary isn’t the job of a news story. It’s OK in a column, but this isn’t a column! World shouldn’t be capitalized.
It’s confusing to say: It’s early 2002 and the illegal music downloading spree is in full swing.
You should have said, In 2002, illegal music downloading WAS in full swing.