Free NASCAR Daytona 500 Preview video

I'm not into Nascar (racing has always seemed rather a silly "sport") but if you are, there's a free NASCAR Daytona 500 Preview video on iTunes Music Store

Week of February 14th, 2006

Music:
Single of the Week: Danielle Peck - "I Don't" (country)
Discovery Download: Safety Scissors - "I Am The Cheese" (electronic)

Other:
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Response

Video:
I see that the SciFi Inside: Battlestar Galactica video is still out there for free. As is the Flypside video.

Week of February 7th

Music:

Single of the Week: Zack Hexum - How Many Times (rock)

No Discovery Download

Congratulations to Apple and the iTunes music store for closing in ONE BILLION tunes sold. They've got a promotion running for goodies for the one billionth song plus other goodies every 10,000 songs. The billionth winner will also have a full-ride music scholarship set up in their name at a university. You can enter via a purchase or via a web form.


VIDEO:

Music video: No new ones, but the KT Tunstall and Flypside videos from last week are still available for the moment.

iTunes continues to add new video content constantly. Today it was shows from the Showtime network. This constant new addition of material is EXCELLENT marketing, folks. Keep it up, keep the pressure on your competitors. And add the Stargate shows from SciFi, please!

Week of January 31st, 2006

Music:

Single of the Week: The Magic Numbers - Love Me Like You Do (alternative)

Discovery Download: Lori McKenna - Mr. Sunshine (country)

(boy is her name going to confuse Loreena McKennit fans out there. Got me for a second.)


Videos:

Flipsyde Exclusive Music video from NBC

KT Tunstall on the Today show: "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"

I'm starting to think it'd be wise to check the Music video section daily or at least several times a week and watch it for a while as the ads rotates, looking for the yellow "Free" badge in the corner (usually upper right corner) of an ad.

TV Shows:
None (although the music videos above also were appearing in the TV show area as they are from TV performances). C'mon TV shows producers: give us a freebie from each show or each season, PERMANENTLY or at least as they are introduces, so we can check 'em out to see if we're interested.

Short Films:
None. C'mon Pixar and Disney...or is that Pixney now....give us one as a freebie to see if we like 'em.

Audiobooks:
None.

Hey Apple: Where are the eBooks on the iTunes store?

Week of January 24th, 2006

Single of the Week - Hard Fi : "Cash Machine"

No Discovery download

No video

Week of January 17, 2006

Single of the week: Rahsaan Patterson - "Burnin'"

Discovery Download: Haydee Milanes : Tu y Yo

Free iTunes New Music samplers still out there

I ran across these last year, and apparently they are still out there:


iTunes New Music Sampler (Motown edition)


iTunes New Music Sampler (Atlantic/Lava edition)

Note: you must create an iTunes account to get these.