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Kid Rock holds out from iTunes, submits to Daily Deal

BORN ALMOST FREE: With the Beatles finally agreeing to play ball with Steve Jobs, there’s a certain irony in Kid Rock once again refusing to make his new Atlantic album available in the iTunes Store because of Apple’s insistence on selling individual tracks. Bob is no Luddite—there’s a digital version of the album on Amazon MP3, which made it the $3.99 Daily Deal on Tuesday. But why did Team Rock agree to devalue the album when no other digital retailer has it? Was Kid’s crew a willing participant, or is Amazon taking the loss fearing that Apple and The Beatles would steal their thunder? Given that iTunes is the #1 music retailer, digital or physical, is Kid Rock shooting himself in the foot by refusing to take part in a very lucrative track business? Just askin’. (11/18a)

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