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betanews.com has details: Wal-Mart revamps DRM-free MP3 music site By Jacqueline Emigh | Published October 28, 2008, 8:00 PM With today’s re-launch of a DRM-free music site first opened in February, Wal-Mart now offers a bigger catalog of three million MP3-format tracks from all major record labels, along with a lower starting price point for some tracks. Although standard pricing on the site is 94 cents per track, Wal-Mart is now selling some Top 25 songs for 74 cents per download. Wal-Mart also started a promotion in which it provides a free MP3 download with every CD purchased either on its Web site or in its retail stores. The retail giant has lately been enmeshed in a competitive struggle with Apple’s iTunes, with Apple contending on several occasions that its music sales have surpassed those of the mass retailer, both online and in the brick-and-mortar stores. On the strictly-digital front, reports from analysts at NPD Group earlie
With today’s re-launch of a DRM-free music site first opened in February, Wal-Mart now offers a bigger catalog of three million MP3-format tracks from all major record labels, along with a lower starting price point for some tracks. Although standard pricing on the site is 94 cents per track, Wal-Mart is now selling some Top 25 songs for 74 cents per download. Wal-Mart also started a promotion in which it provides a free MP3 download with every CD purchased either on its Web site or in its retail stores. The retail giant has lately been enmeshed in a competitive struggle with Apple’s iTunes, with Apple contending on several occasions that its music sales have surpassed those of the mass retailer, both online and in the brick-and-mortar stores. On the strictly-digital front, reports from analysts at NPD Group earlier in 2008 indicate that iTunes leads in digital-music sales, with relative newcomer Amazon holding down second place. To compare digital stores, iTunes claims to offer about
