CNN.com - Digital music king may lose crown - Aug 22, 2005

CNN.com - Digital music king may lose crown - Aug 22, 2005: "That is the message to Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs from almost every other company in the digital music space vying for consumer attention after several years of domination by the iPod and iTunes.
Apple's successful combination of sexy design and elegant usability has propelled the iPod to the top of the digital music market as the undisputed king.
Every move Apple makes these days results in victory. As the rest of the flash-player market floundered, Apple took over the category in a day with the release of the iPod Shuffle. It turned podcasting from a cool-sounding technology that nobody used to a legitimate format by adding it to the new version of iTunes -- and generating 2 million subscriptions in less than a week."