Apple is taking no chances: Apple is reducing the price of all songs on its iTunes Store without anti-copying software. Although iTunes is by far the largest digital retailer, this price reduction follows the recent entry of Amazon into the digital music market with DRM-free tracks from a broader array of recording companies, some of them for as low as 89 cents a song.

Warner Music Group Downplays Madonna’s Exit: “We remain committed to maintaining financial discipline. We simply will not enter into agreements with artists that fail this test—whether or not the artists are well-known, and regardless of media reaction.” —Edgar Bronfman told employees in an memo obtained by The Post.

This Week Sales…

Kid Rock ‘Rock n Roll Jesus’ (172k)
Matchbox Twenty (74k)
Jennifer Lopez ‘Brave’ (52k)
Alter Bridge ‘Black Bird’ (46k)
Colbie Caillat ‘Coco’ (41k)
Casting Crowns ‘Altar & the Door (21k)
Daughtry (19k)
James Blunt ‘All the Lost Souls’ (19k)