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Internet portal and search giant Yahoo formally announced today that all customers of Music Unlimited, Yahoo’s subscription-based music service, will be transferred to Rhapsody Networks, one of the larger competitors in the world of digital music distribution.
Though Rhapsody is not the most widely digital music service (that distinction goes to iTunes) it still boasts 2.75 […]

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Within the last year, many people in the music industry, from artists to label executives and analysts, have been quietly discussing a new model for music distribution and monetization. While the exact implementation of this model is variable depending on who is describing it, there is a common theme: charge consumers at the point-of-connection level […]

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Qtrax, initially a P2P network from the days of Napster, has run into some difficulties with the launch of its new digital music distribution service during the MIDEM conference in Cannes, France last weekend. Qtrax, which now deals exclusively in legal music, had promised a vast library of tens of millions of songs, thanks to […]

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Yesterday, the popular social music & streaming radio website Last.fm announced a new plan to make all music on their website free to stream on-demand, by any user. This encompasses all music available on Last.fm, including complete albums from all four of the major record labels, such as Sony BMG and Universal Music Group. This […]

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