product line. and that little studio to infinity and beyond. reporter: pixar s 12 films have an average gross of nearly $600 million each. that s the best record in hollywood history. jobs sold pixar to disney for $7.4 billion. so how did it all happen? the main catalyst for jobs renaissance had to be itunes. hello, hello reporter: apple launched it as mac-only software in january 2001. when jobs unveiled the ipod music player later that year, it seamlessly connected with itunes and kicked off apple s strategy of marrying hardware, software and internet services in one premium package. next came the itunes music store, selling songs for 99 cents. today, apple s itunes is the top music retailer in the world. bar none. with more than 10 billion songs sold. for a generation, jobs simply redefined a listening experience.
founded, its software brought the luster back to apple s product line. and that little studio to infinity and beyond. reporter: pixar s 12 films have an average gross of nearly $600 million each. that s the best record in hollywood history. jobs sold pixar to disney for $7.4 billion. so how did it all happen? the main catalyst for jobs renaissance had to be itunes. hello, hello reporter: apple launched it as mac-only software in january 2001. when jobs unveiled the ipod music player later that year, it seamlessly connected with itunes and kicked off apple s strategy of marrying hardware, software and internet services in one premium package. next came the itunes music store, selling songs for 99 cents. today, apple s itunes is the top music retailer in the world. bar none. with more than 10 billion songs sold. for a generation, jobs simply redefined a listening experience. millions of people are going
ten minutes until the top of the hour. tributes pouring in for steve jobs faster than twitker handle this morning. the company announced his death after a long battle with cancer. microsoft chairman bill gates says the impact of jobs work will be felt for many generations to come. steve jobs was just 56 years old. u.s. stock futures trading higher this morning. markets overseas also up as investors grow more confident that european leaders are working to strengthen their banks. of course, the biggest crowd yet at the occupy wall street protests here in new york. thousands marched yesterday against corporate greed, corruption and inequality. police say 28 people were arrested, including one person for assaulting a police officer. a second tape of michael jackson s slurred speech played for jurors at the trial of dr. conrad murray. jackson telling his personal physician he wanted to build the world s largest children s hospital with proceeds from his highly anticipated t