Fox and Apple have jointly launched an iTunes store for American Idol performances, in case you thought Fox was finished co-branding and cross-promoting (milking) the Other-Super Bowl*.
Sans-cynicism, American Idol fans will be happy to know they'll be able to purchase the songs sung by the top 24 performers tonight for 99 cents a piece. Starting March 12, they'll be able to purchase full-video performances by the remaining top 12.
Oh, why wasn't this option available when Sanjaya was performing? Why, oh Lord? Why? Or, more importantly, when I had the McPheever.
Oh yeah, we had YouTube, where, if you didn't get enough emo out of this year's finalists, you can still find
I told her I would take that as a "no," to which she replied, "We won't provide info on revenues; it's company policy." Ah, I knew something was missing. See how useful a semicolon can be? Another report says Apple and Fox also won't be revealing which performer is being downloaded the most over the course of the season. They don't want to influence the voting. Or to open the door for renegotiations.
*By the way, Fox, thanks for the non-high-definition broadcast of the Super Bowl—putting that $2.4 million per 30-second spot to good use I see.
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