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Microsoft and MTV to Launch Music Service

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the continued-reactionary-behavior dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to ZDNet Microsoft and MTV have joined forces to form Urge, a new online music service. From the article: 'The company said Urge would include a subscription component, as well as allowing individual song sales. A spokesman declined to discuss pricing, saying full details would be announced next month. The company gave no specifics on launch date beyond saying it would be sometime in 2006.'"

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  1. No worries... by KingSkippus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm just glad that someone here realized what the hell I was talking about in spite of the Redundant mod. Apparently, too many folks here haven't actually watched MTV since the 1980's. Oh well, can't say I blame 'em.

    They'll figure it out soon enough, though. I wonder how long it will be before this new online music service only has content about pimping cars, playing jokes on people, weird people forced to share a house, and so on instead of, well, you know... music.

  2. Re:Could be big by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's funny, MTV became so overrun with non-music that they created MTV2 for the music. Now, the same thing is starting to happen with MTV2.

  3. Re:Stupid Unless... by Psiren · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Something wrong with allofmp3.com?

    Ask the artists whose music they sell...