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Bono Says He's Not Sorry About That iTunes Giveaway After All

Peter Kafka covers media and technology, and their intersection, at Vox. Many of his stories can be found in his Kafka on Media newsletter, and he also hosts the Recode Media podcast.

It’s one of the proudest things for us, ever. We always wanted our music to be heard. … We were just thrilled that we got this chance, just to introduce ourselves.

— U2’s Bono, who had previously apologized for the band’s “Songs of Innocence” giveaway with Apple, now says he’d do it again. Speaking at the Web Summit in Dublin, the singer said 30 million iTunes users had listened to the entire album.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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