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Financial Times: iTunes All-You-Can-Eat Music Downloads Coming
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Financial Times has a piece claiming that Apple has been in deep talks
with music companies about an all you can eat music download service.
The piece speaks with authority, citing that while Nokia pays the
labels $80 per handset for such a service, split according to
marketshare, Apple has only offered $20. Hence the delay.
The article also cites an anonymous executive who claims consumers would pay $100 extra for a device with lifetime music downloads, or $8 per month. Comparatively, Zune's pass is $15 a month. Apple's doing well with current music store sales, in second place behind Wal-mart. So one has to wonder what their motivation would be for such a setup. Total domination? [FT]
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Financial Times:
Apple mulls unlimited music bundle
— Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical
new business model that would give customers free access to its entire
iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and
iPhone devices.
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