Friday, October 06, 2006

Satellite Radio Looks Like a "Better Buy" Than Best Buy Music Service, Too

Music Service to Be Launched by Best Buy, RealNetworks
From Bloomberg News, October 6, 2006

Best Buy Co. and RealNetworks Inc. said Thursday that they would start a digital music service to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iTunes and Microsoft Corp.'s Zune. The service, based on a new version of RealNetworks' Rhapsody software, will be available Oct. 15 and run on a SanDisk Corp. device....

...The Best Buy service will mirror the existing Rhapsody prices of $14.99 a month for unlimited access to the site and $9.99 a month for a more narrow access. Individual song purchases will cost 89 cents for subscribers and 99 cents for others, RealNetworks said....read more: here