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THE DEATH OF PRINT JOURNALISM, PART 49,006: The most recent issue of our print publication features 222/Interscope's chart-topping Maroon 5. The band's V, which landed at #1 on the HITS Album Sales Chart last week, arrived on the momentum of hit single "Maps," a barrage of TV appearances and the ever-widening fame of frontman Adam Levine. Though the band may be feeling more marooned than Tom Hanks in Castaway after being stuck on the cover of this rag.

Our Contents Page VIP, meanwhile, is Apple exec Jimmy Iovine, who once again plays a role in altering the landscape of the biz with the massive U2 album giveaway on iTunes—which of course accompanied a performance by the band as the grand finale of the tech behemoth's major gizmo unveiling last Tuesday. The deal won the news cycle and brought a stampede of traffic to the store (where U2 catalog happens to be on sale). But this HITS Contents shout-out is undoubtedly the worm in Jimmy's apple. (9/15p)