MP3 Format Still Gathering Momentum

Posted by kdawson on Monday December 3, 2007 @12:40PM from the thrashing-of-expiring-dinosaurs dept.

PoliTech sends us over to Billboard.com for a detailed article about the coming tipping point in the music business in favor of MP3. The two biggest drivers pushing Warner and Sony BMG toward MP3 are an upcoming massive Amazon-Pepsi download giveaway and a positive move by the usually maligned Wal-Mart (according to sources): "...Wal-Mart [alerted] Warner Music Group and Sony BMG that it will pull their music files in the Windows Media Audio format from walmart.com some time between mid-December and mid-January, if the labels haven't yet provided the music in MP3 format."

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Strange. by ackthpt · 2007-12-03 12:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I thought Slashdot had an article, years ago stating MP3 was dying as other formats were gaining favour. Guess that was another speculator who liked to see his/her name in the news.

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