Cringely on iTunes vs. Hulu:
Fox owns a big chunk of Hulu, yet American Idol performances are exclusively available on iTunes, not Hulu. Why is that? Because American Idol performances on iTunes make a lot of MONEY, that’s why. Adam Lambert downloads alone make more money every week — a LOT more money — than do ALL the shows on Hulu put together.
Bob suggests that Apple might spend their mammoth amount of cash on hand to commission programming only available on iTunes, a la HBO. That would be a very cool development.