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New Billboard Design; Opinion Section Debuts See Page 14 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT www.billboard.com JUNE 21, 2003 HOT SPOTS TakingA Bite Of Apple Competitors Rushing Digital Services To Market BY BRIAN GARRITY pay -per-download services, according to sources. and CHRIS MORRIS Each company has long expressed a desire to tap into the 99 -cent digital singles business. A month after Apple opened the doors to its But with Apple planning to bow a PC version digtal music store, at least seven media and of iTunes-perhaps by the end of the year -rivals 7 Rock -Solid Metallica technology powerhouses have taken the start- of the computer maker are upping the speed of ing blocks in the race to capture the PC market. development for their à la carte services, sources With a mid -week release, the Meanwhile, Apple is looking to widen its offer- familiar with the companies say. rock icon's St. Anger spits out ings through deals with independent labels. They are attempting to keep pace with the competition and tops The Microsoft, AOL, MTV, amazon.com, Yahoo, Roxio, Apple, which is now courting support for iTunes from Billboard 200. and MusicMatch are among the companies exploring (Continued on page 68) n MCA Braces For Merger I DI With Geffen Layoffs Rock Staff, With More Possible ack BY MELINDA NEWMAN LOS ANGELES -As former MCA AfterA Long Hiatus, artist Tom Petty sang, "The waiting is the hardest part." Rocker Ready To Tour For up to 75 MCA staffers who were laid off June 9, the waiting is over. But 19 Beyoncé's Business with more firings and roster cuts pos- Beyoncé Knowles' solo bow BY RAY WADDELL sible, Petty's words should be echoing - in the heads of released ahead of schedule - MCA employees is expected to be a summer David Bowie is poised to deliver a worldwide dose and artists as blockbuster for the music biz. of Reality. In his most extensive trek in more than a decade. they await official word on the la- A Reality Bowie's world tour will begin Oct. 7 at bel's merger with the Forum in Copenhagen and hit Europe, the Geffen Records. U.S., Australia, and Japan before wrapping in Current Gef- March 2004, Billboard has learned. fen president Jor- An announcement is expected to her- dan Schur is ex- ald the tour June 16. pected to run the combined entity. He Bowie will play North America in replaces MCA president Jay Boberg, who left the label in mid -January. December and January. Clear Channel "I don't have a clue what's going (Continued orrage 69) on," admits Gary Kurfirst, manager of MCA rock act Live. "I haven't heard from Jordan." 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