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Head of iTunes accepts award.

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Steve Jobs was honored with a posthumous Grammy Saturday night, when the Recording Academy gave the late Apple cofounder a Grammy Trustees Award at a special merit ceremony. It recognizes “individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording,” and previous recipients include Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, and Les Paul. Apple’s head of iTunes, Eddy Cue, accepted the award on Jobs’s behalf. “Steve was focused on bringing music to everyone in innovative ways. We talked about it every single day,” Cue said.

Read it at The Washington Post