The part that is the really important part to focus on here is not 'Oh well it's not going to count for the chart because we're giving them away.' That's fine, but at the end of the day everybody's winning." "It's a win for everybody: Jay-Z, Roc Nation, Samsung, the consumer – everybody's winning here. "This is nothing short of incredible, this is an amazing promotion," Bakula said. Think of it this way: Very few people still remember-or use-Motorola pagers, but they do remember that Hova once asked, in song, that folks " Motorola two-way page me." The dude has staying power. But as Bloomberg Businessweek noted this morning, the deal with Hova is likely more about making somone "remember that Jay-Z exclusives are the kind of thing she can expect to hold over her iPhone-toting friends if she buys the next Galaxy phone." What happens after the exclusive goes live is probably less important. According to WSJ, the app necessary to hear Magna Carta will let users play the record but they won't be able to "share" it until the official release date 72 hours later so that may be the sharing Jay-Z was referring to.
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