Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 14, 2004 @06:43AM from the do-you-ehar-what-i-hear dept.

coyotegestalt writes "According to PC World, Yahoo! has just finalized a deal to buy Musicmatch (both its On Demand and download services) for $160 million. More details at IBD. This is a major narrowing of the online music market."

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First! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-14 06:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

AC gets the first post....
1. Re:First! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-14 07:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
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Mod parent up.... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-14 06:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

....because I was about to say the same thing ;)
ehh? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-14 06:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"from the do-you-ehar-what-i-hear dept."

apparently not.
Re:Second rate! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-14 07:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Dear moderators
the parent's definitely not over-rated
Re:Major Narrowing? [meta-OT] by kelnos · 2004-09-14 07:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

C'mon mods, read the timestamps. The other post about this was sent in at the same time. Can't fault a guy for having a similar idea simultaneously. -1 Redundant is a bit much...

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Re:Second rate! by mekkab · 2004-09-14 07:19 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Wait, slashdot was ONCE a leader in getting news to us first?!

I should have originally written:
"second rate geek news agency reports ..."

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In other news, Braniff buys Buggytech by ellisDtrails · 2004-09-14 07:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

... the number three horse-and-buggy provider in North Amaerica.

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