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The iTunes Store is generous, again, this time on Facebook around for reaching 3 million fans. iTunes users will be able to download a free sampler of 15 songs from the House of Soul, featuring music from Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Budos Band, Sugarman Three, Lee Fields among other artists.

In addition, users will also be able to download 20 free songs from the Artists to Watch sampler featuring upcoming artists including Fanfarlo, Cold Cave, Local Natives and Surfer Blood.

To create and use a code to download iTunes Sampler House Free Soul, head over to their Facebook fan page and become a fan of iTunes or head over to this page and follow the instructions to create a code and redeem it.

The Artists to Watch sampler will be freely available until March 15 and the songs of the House offers expire April 30, however, the offer expired in May before that date, so hurry and get your free song from of immediately.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs tried to convince the print media industry himself to adopt the iPad and offer digital content for the shelves of the company. However, after closely scrutinizing the deal, many publishing executives have come away unimpressed. They have two fundamental problems of the business model.

Most of the print media industry has relied on intimate consumer data to target stories and marketing to their subscribers. Apple is not willing to share information with these companies, and instead of users through its iTunes Store for shopping. In addition, the volume of sales, publishers have no access to information, making it difficult for them to market products and services courtesy, or even stories, to their readers.

Secondly, they believe Apple’s 30% cut of the overall revenue is too high, and promote the model of individual sales, as opposed to current subscriptions. This is similar to what the music industry faced when Apple basically conditioned users to purchase single songs over full, high marginalized albums.

All this unwelcome media companies, and are resistant to this aggressive change. The reports are contradictory. Some suggest that publishers are very opposed to it and can break the talks, while others suggest that talks are ongoing. As the launch date nears for the iPad, we’ll soon find out how concerned publishers really are, or if they can make Apple bend backwards for them.