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arstechnica.com - 4/8/2009

Variable pricing spreads to Amazon, Lala, Rhapsody, Wal-Mart

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At Macworld Expo in January 2009, Apple announced that it had negotiated a deal that would allow it to join the rest of the digital music distribution industry by  removing DRM from all 10 million songs in its download catalog. In a concession to the labels, however, Apple also ...

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technologyexpert.blogspot.com - 4/7/2009

Amazon Makes a Slight Dent in iTunes Market Share

— technologyexpert.blogspot.com — Amazon MP3 launched in September 2007, and when it did I wanted it to succeed, as a market dominated by one dominant giant (iTunes) gives Apple too much power. And they've managed to cut out a decent market share for themselves, with 16% piece of the action, according to the market research ... (more) Amazon Makes a Slight Dent in iTunes Market Share

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technologyexpert.blogspot.com - 4/8/2009

Amazon MP3 Matches iTunes with Its Own Variable Pricing

— technologyexpert.blogspot.com — It's not exactly the type of price match people think of when they hear the words "price match," and it sure wasn't something I had expected so soon, but it's here. On the same day that Apple rolled out variable, tiered pricing on iTunes, Amazon.com did the same. Take a look at the Best ... (more) Amazon MP3 Matches iTunes with Its Own Variable Pricing

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technologyexpert.blogspot.com - 4/7/2009

Variable Pricing Debuts at the iTunes Store

— technologyexpert.blogspot.com — As expected , variable pricing debuted on the iTunes Store on Tuesday. The new tiers are $0.69, $0.99, and $1.29. What I didn't expect was how hard it is to find $0.69 songs. There are a couple of "Great Songs at a Great Price" links on the front page of iTunes that link to Rock and R&B ... (more) Variable Pricing Debuts at the iTunes Store

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Amazon Follows iTunes' Variable Pricing Lead
Maximum PC — ... To be fair, the blame more than likely goes to the music studios, who may have raised prices in exchange for serving up DRM-free titles. Amazon and Apple aren't alone in switching to variable pricing, as it appears to have also affected Real's Rhapsody store and Lala. Prices are up at Wal-Mart too, with some songs reaching $1.24. ...