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Yahoo Music Shutting Down, Users Going to Real

Posted by kdawson on from the real-world-music dept.

Tech.Luver sends in word of Yahoo's decision to exit the subscription music business. Yahoo's current subscribers — the company doesn't disclose how many it has — will be switched over to Real's Rhapsody service, and Yahoo will promote Real on its site. Yahoo had priced its subscription service significantly below Real's: $5.99 a month (if users pay a year in advance), vs. Rhapsody memberships at $12.99 a month and up. The Mercury News wonders how the Yahoo-Real deal would fare if Microsoft takes over — not well, the betting goes.

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  1. RealPlayer by misleb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean users would be forced to use the abomination that is RealPlayer? All I can say is "Haha!"

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    1. Re:RealPlayer by The+Orange+Mage · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would have loved to read your post, but I waited five minutes for it to buffer and I got bored...

    2. Re:RealPlayer by BForrester · · Score: 2, Funny

      You'll see it next time you log in. The post has been linked to your taskbar, start menu, quicklaunch, desktop icon, will start with Windows, will integrate with your browser, and has already claimed default association with all known filetypes.

  2. MS + Yahoo, Formula For Success by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    There has to be some Ballmer PowerPoint slide somewhere deep inside Microsoft that looks like this:

    1. Throw billions at fading dot com era giant in hopes to replace their own basket case of an online search and content efforts

    2. ???

    3. Profit!

    Yahoo right now must be feeling like someone sitting at the side of the road with their car broken down and someone else with a broken down car comes up to them and offers them 40 billion to buy their car off them because they really need a lift...

  3. Re:crap crap crap by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember when it used to be 55 a year and now its near 70, I am not willing to pay any more. This sucks!

    Yes, well ... in a crunch, I guess there's always Gnutella. Pricing is better than most, I understand, even if the quality is somewhat uneven.

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