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XM Radio Plans Online Music Service

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the joining-the-fray dept.

Grump writes "Diving into the already crowded online music business, XM Radio Online, will launch sometime in early October and operate commercial-free, just as its satellite programming does. XM will charge $7.99 per month for unlimited listening and offer a discount rate of $3.99 to subscribers of its existing radio services."

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  1. Nice attempt... but competitor's already there! by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Interesting

    XM's "add streaming of our music online" for $3.99 sounds like a pretty cool deal when taken alone, but their main competitor Sirius actually includes that feature for free with purchase of the main subscription. They'll even offer a 3-day trial of the streaming service for non-subscribers in the hopes of convinving people to sign up based on that. Of course, Sirius charges $3 a month more than XM for their base subscription.

  2. News Flash! by BadMrMojo · · Score: 5, Funny

    John Smith of Nowhere, PA is reportedly not planning an online music store. We have yet to receive official confirmation that Mr. Smith, a 72 year-old retired janitor at Nowhere Middle School who is a local hero after bowling a 300 game back in '86, is indeed without plans for opening an online music store at any point within the next 6-12 months. Neighbor and long time friend Bob Jones was quoted as saying, "Nope. Y'uns gotta believe it... he ain't never thought of it a'once."

    We'll have more on this breaking story as it develops.

  3. Re:XM radio? by Tyler+Eaves · · Score: 5, Funny

    >I use FM radio and don't have any complaints

    Are you in some bizarro world where FM doesn't run 20-25 minutes of commericials per hour?

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