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Microsoft announced new Zune Pass Music Subscription Model
D' Technology Weblog —
... Microsoft’s digital music and entertainment service, announced landmark agreements with major and independent music labels to bring significant new value to the subscription music model. The Zune Pass subscription service currently gives consumers on-demand access to millions of tracks for $14.99 per month. Starting today subscribers will also get to select 10 tracks per month to keep and add them to their permanent collection (an estimated $10 value).
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Subscription music services: Are we there yet?
Between the Lines —
... , statement ). The deal: You pay $14.99 a month, you keep 10 tracks a month for your permanent collection and Zune customers keep the DRM free music. Sounds logical although Microsoft’s Zune doesn’t have the market share to make subscriptions mainstream by itself. I never quite got the “I want to download and own” music mantra. I’d prefer a subscription model since I’m tired of managing a collection. Just get me the rights and let me discover stuff. Then again, I’m only conceptually on the bandwagon since I have an iPod and am not running out to get Napster ToGo, Rhapsody or ...
Zune to let you keep 10 songs with monthly subscription
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
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Microsoft's Zune still isn't going to catch Apple's iPod, but you've got to give the group credit for creative approaches to music licensing.
Zune is announcing Thursday that people who subscribe to its $15 per month Zune Pass subscription music service will be able to download and keep 10 songs a month. It also cut device prices earlier this week, with the base 4 gigabyte model falling to $99 from $129.
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Zune music subscription now includes 10 monthly downloads-to-keep
jkOnTheRun —
... More news on the Zune front as the holiday season begins to heat warm up like mild baby bathwater. Earlier in the week, we saw price cuts on the Zune flash-based players, which left hard-drive shoppers out in the cold. Today, all current and potential Zune owners get another tidbit that's pretty darn appealing. Starting today: all Zune Pass subsribers gain the ability to download and keep ten songs per month at no extra charge. ...
For the race it’s running, the Zune should really come in tortoise-shell
GMSV —
One thing about Microsoft — for better or worse, it’s relentless. Version 1 of a product may be greeted with scorn, Version 2 with indifference, but if the commitment is strong, there will be a Version 3 and a Version 4, and sometimes, just sometimes, the company can tweak itself an eventual winner. That seems to be the plan in the music player market. Microsoft’s Zune has long been an object of derision among the iPod-infatuated masses, but that hasn’t stopped Redmond from regularly adding new features and winning points for making them work on older models as well (see “ Microsoft thinks different about legacy customers ...
Microsoft Announces Rent To Own Subscription Music Plan For The Zune
Podcasting News —
Microsoft today announced a new ”landmark agreement” (Microsoft’s words) with major and independent music labels to “bring significant new value to the subscription music model.”
The Zune Pass subscription service currently gives consumers on-demand access to millions of tracks for $14.99 per month. Starting today subscribers will also get to select 10 tracks per month to keep and add them to their permanent collection (an estimated $10 value).
This is a nice bonus for Zune Pass subscribers, but Apple figured out how to sell 10 songs for 13 bucks a while back, and people didn’t bite on ...
Microsoft lowers the price of the Zune and adds new enhancement to Zune Pass
Krunker —
The Microsoft Zune has been in the news over the last several days. Here’s what you need to know about the latest Zune developments.
First off, Microsoft reduced the price of the flash-based Zune players. The 4GB Zune was reduced to $99; the 8GB down to $139 and the 16GB down to $179. Hoping for a price cut for the hard drive Zune? Nada.
However if you are looking for some Zune accessories, Microsoft announced a couple of price cuts there too. The Zune Car Pack now goes for $69 dollars, the Home AV Pack priced at $59 dollars, and the Dock Pack is now $39 dollars.
On the software/music side of the biz, Microsoft released a new firmware and software update so ...
About those 10 free Zune Pass songs a month … Yes, there IS a catch
SuperSite Blog —
In a blog post, Microsoft’s Cesar Menendez provides an update based on the wide range of questions he’s gotten about the new 10 free song per month perk that’s part of the Zune Pass subscription. One bit really caught my eye: 1. What’s the catch here? No catch. You get everything you always got with your Zune Pass (i.e. unlimited access to Marketplace subscription tracks, for as long as you maintain your subscription), plus your choice of 10 tracks to keep every month. This isn’t true. In fact, there are quite a number of gotchas attached to this service. And Cesar even hits on a few of them in later parts of ...
