Music Biz News: Apple To Sell $2B in Apps In 2011, $1,200 CD Boxsets, The Superstar Effect & More

• The Superstar Effect. (Lefsetz) 
• Apple Will Sell $2B in Apps in 2011. (TC) 
• CD box sets are priced up to $1,200. (NO) 
• How Apple Reinvented Music Distribution. (Giz)

More Music Industry News & Commentary:

• The Best Cassettes Of 2010. (NPR) 
• Industrial Noise: Coasters Are the Perfect Reminder of the Year in Music. (SW)
• The music engine that could: For $10 a pop, TuneCore serves up a shot at fame, fortune. (Variety) 
• Superchunk on Majestic Comebacks, Casual Tours and Merge's Hottest Year Yet. (Spinner) 
• Ticket Sales Plunge for Struggling Music Industry. (AW)
• BitDefender Protects BitTorrent Users. (PCMag)
• Flashback: The Music Biz Cracks Down On File Sharing Journalists. (ADD)
• Top 20 Music Stories of the Year. (HP)