A pair of stories in the Wall Street Journal back up the rumors that Apple is preparing for a run on the video market. First, look for music videos available for purchase from the iTunes Music Store in September. Reports are that Apple is working on the Big Four Labels. While music videos are a far cry from selling downloadable movies online, there's no question that Apple is setting up an infrastructure that could do it if they so choose.

The WSJ rumor mill also reports that Steve Jobs has approached top brass at Disney about licensing Disney content for play on a future video iPod. However, Jobs (as King o' Pixar) doesn't have a fantastic history with Disney and licensing issues. We'll see how it goes....