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Comparing Online Music Offerings

Posted by michael on from the now-with-less-gouging dept.

hype7 writes "The Wall Street Journal has just posted a comparison of the three main legal music download services: Apple's iTunes Music Store, MusicMatch and Napster v2. The review covers the pros and cons of each of the services, and concludes with: "I'm sure all three services will evolve and get better, and others will enter the fray. But, for now, iTunes is the best choice on Windows.""

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  1. They don't mention the cool Napster Launch Party. by wo1verin3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    NAPSTER'S LAUNCH PARTY TO FEATURE HOTTEST NEW MUSIC ARTISTS

    Celebration at House of Blues on October 29th Marks
    Availability of Napster 2.0 in the United States

    LOS ANGELES, CA --Oct. 23, 2003--Napster, a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI) today announced the musical lineup for its October 29 celebration of the launch of the Napster 2.0 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Additionally, in the spirit of Napster, hundreds of music fans will receive free tickets to the exclusive event through local radio stations and fan site giveaways this week.

    Ahmet Zappa will be the emcee for the evening and Def Jam recording artist Ludacris will headline the event. Ludacris is the hottest musician in the country, with the number one selling album "Chicken N Beer". Other popular new artists performing that night will include Dashboard Confessional (Vagrant), Interpol (Matador), and Metric (Enjoy) and DJ Melo-D.

    More info at Billboard