Do Record Companies Have Steve Jobs Cornered?

NYT reporter Jeff Leeds’s story about Universal’s dispute with Apple has music-industry watchers in a tizzy this week, with some grunts joking off-the-record to us that “Mom and Dad are fighting again.”

FBLA asked Leeds if the Universal’s decision not to renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes was little more than posturing. The short answer, according to Leeds is “No.”

But, he tells us: “It’s clearly an escalation of the tension that’s been building for some time.

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