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Apple iTunes to End Flat Fee Pricing?

Posted by Zonk on from the under-pressure-is-not-just-a-queen-song dept.

MdntToker writes "According the Forbes, EMI has an understanding with Apple that flat fee pricing will end within the next 12 months, and more popular songs will be priced higher than 99c, while lesser known acts will be priced lower than 99c." From the article: "Label executives have made multiple arguments for flexible pricing. They argue, for instance, that almost all retail businesses have different price points for different products. But they are particularly interested in boosting their revenue from digital music sales, which aided by the sale of mobile phone ringtones, are increasing but not quickly enough to replace the continuing drops in compact disc sales. EMI said today that digital sales, made up 4.9% of the company's sales in the last six months, up from 2.1% a year ago." We've previously reported on this story.

2 of 556 comments (clear)

  1. End Result? by Shads · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I go back to snail mailing money to the artists and downloading the mp3. Shrug.

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  2. Good news by generic-man · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to Slashdot, popular music sucks. As a result, non-sucky music will cost less than it does today. This is good.

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