October 29, 2003
Online Music Biz Still Shaky

Neil Strauss/NYTimes: Online Music Business, Neither Quick Nor Sure..
In the last month the music-downloading landscape online has shifted once more with five major events, not all of them good.

    ¶Apple Computer made its iTunes player and music store available to PC users.
    ¶A legal version of Napster emerged. [today, in fact.]
    ¶A new download store called Audio Lunchbox announced that it would open on Halloween.
    ¶Musicmatch added an online store to its music player.
    ¶EMusic added restrictive rules to its music subscription service.
    In a striking lack of originality, every new service above is in some way a designer imposter of iTunes, which sells songs for 99 cents each and albums for $9.99.

He also talks about Rhapsody, although I have to say that since my last post on that service ($9.95, all you can eat of what they offer), I've become less enamored. The selection is limited. But it's still a nice interface and they do have a lot of stuff.

Posted by Mary Hodder at October 29, 2003 09:33 AM
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Aaahhh...good news! Once I thought that music downloading services had been almost dying, but they seem to be still alive!

Posted by: music posters on January 22, 2004 04:57 AM
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