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McDonald's Billion-Song iTunes Giveaway

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

camperslo writes "The New York Post online has this story. "Less than a month after Pepsi announced a blockbuster deal to give away 100 million downloads from Apple's iTunes music service to its customers, McDonald's is close to a announcing a much bigger deal"." No matter what you think of iTunes, this is tremendous publicity for music on demand services in general. If the public gets a taste for it, this could be the beginning of the end for the audio CD.

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  1. gasp! by Theaetetus · · Score: 5, Funny
    Both Pepsi and McDonald's are paying Apple's retail price of 99 cents per song, sources say. And McDonald's has arranged to buy up to a billion songs to meet customer demand.

    A spokesperson for Apple declined comment...

    ... because they were busy hyperventilating into a paper bag. A muffled "woohoo" could be heard.

    -T

  2. Other terms of the deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The iMac will now be re-released in a larger size to be known as the Big iMac.

  3. Re:What better way to..... by NaugaHunter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Talk about jumping to conclusions. If they give away 'song credits' (so to speak), then they can be used on any $.99 song. So while Britney fans might go straight to her albums, presumably they'll have all of the available music. Maybe they'll follow the 'also bought' links and find something new.

    On a (semi-)related note, I'm still waiting for the 6-Degrees-Of-Also-Bought. You know, people who bought A also bought B; people who bought B also bought C; people who bought C bought the Soundtrack to Flashdance with Kevin Bacon.

    --
    R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
  4. Re:What better way to..... by justinkim · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are so brave to admit you like Yanni. I am in awe ;)

  5. First Free Download.... by telstar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I Like Big Butts"