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Apple: U2 album accessed by 33 million users

By Washington Examiner
Published September 16, 2014 1:20am ET
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Apple: U2 album accessed by 33 million users
This CD cover image released by Interscope Records shows "Songs of Innocence," by U2. U2's latest album was given away for free to iTunes users at Apple's unveiling event in Cupertino, Calif. All customers with iTunes accounts received the 11-song "Songs of Innocence" for free last Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Interscope Records) | AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc. says 33 million iTunes account holders have accessed U2’s free album.

The company issued a statement Monday from Senior Vice President Eddy Cue with the first usage numbers for the surprise “Songs of Freedom” release by the company. Apple gave the album to 500 million iTunes account holders last week during the company’s iPhone 6 unveiling news conference.

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