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NEW YORK - Leading online media company Yahoo Inc has revealed that it will not be operating its music service site called Yahoo Music Unlimited. Instead users will be redirected to Rhapsody America, which is a partnership of MTV Networks and Real Networks.
Posted : Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:59:04 GMT
Author : Martin Booth
Category : Internet (Technology)
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NEW YORK - Leading online media company Yahoo Inc has revealed that it will not be operating its music service site called Yahoo Music Unlimited. Instead users will be redirected to Rhapsody America, which is a partnership of MTV Networks and Real Networks.

Yahoo also revealed that users visiting its site will still be able to access music videos, Internet radio and music downloads. While the music site does receive 20 million visitors on a monthly basis, the Music Unlimited service has not really taken off.

Data from comScore Media Metrix shows that the subscription service has managed to rake in just 400,000 customers. Yahoo senior vice president Scott Moore explained the decision to sell the service by saying that the company "made a strategic decision to focus on the mass audience."

Yahoo also said that it would be promoting Rhapsody on its site.

Users of Yahoo Music Unlimited would have paid a yearly rate at $5.99 a month, but now with Rhapsody, users will have to shell out $12.99 on a monthly basis for using the music services on the web only. In order to download songs to a device, users will be charged $14.99.

“They are our subscription partner going forward and there's money to be made for both of us in that,” said Scott Moore, Yahoo's head of media. However financial terms of the deal were not immediately known.

Meanwhile Dan Sheeran, a senior vice president at RealNetworks said that the Yahoo deal would not be altered even if Microsoft succeeds in acquiring Yahoo.

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Need Work
By: Mario Mabry , Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:15:30 GMT

THis is Mario from Memphis and i just need a job doing music because thats where my heart is


Why Rhapsody
By: Ziv Zulander , Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:55:23 GMT

Well, this sucks. why is Rhapsody getting so big? It doesn't make sense to me. Unless the other services are just undercharging for their service. I had to switch when URGE went under, and I hate Rhapsody and its proprietary formats. Yuck. And the selection stinks as well. Yahoo was supposed to be one of the best online and had a really good wide selection (we aren't all teenagers listening to pop junk). Now, they too are gone. Less listener choice.



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