Universal and Sony Plan "Free" Music Service

Damon Tog writes "Macworld reports that Universal Music Group has enlisted the help of Sony to join forces in a new music service. The price of the subscription is expected to be built-in to the cost of digital music players, leaving the music 'free' to the consumer. 'The plan is still in flux and faces several hurdles, BusinessWeek notes. Among them is finding a business model that allows the hardware makers to subsidize the cost of the music. In addition, the labels have tried to develop their own online music services before without success.'"

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it's en fuego

[User 956]

Macworld reports that Universal Music Group has enlisted the help of Sony to join forces in a new music service.

Initial reports indicate this offer is really "heating up", but that's only because the music players use Sony batteries.