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Zune Pass now lets you keep 10 tracks per month
CrunchGear —
... , and now the $15 Zune Pass that lets you listen to as much music as you want also lets you keep 10 tracks a month. If you’re looking to buy a new media player this holiday season, Zunes are looking better and better. ...
10 free MP3s per month for Zune Pass subscribers
SlashGear —
... Microsoft have tweaked their Zune Pass subscription service to include a number of free-to-keep tracks every month, which users can continue to play even if their subscription lapses. From today, Zune Pass users will be able to select up to ten tracks each month to be kept in DRM-free MP3 format; the music can come from studios including EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group. ...
News Bits: Albums Still Launching Online
Contentinople: —
... with its Zune music service, according to Seattle Tech Report . The Zune Pass , which is an unlimited music subscription service to keep for as long as you are a subscriber for $14.99 a month, now includes 10 songs to keep forever. Or you could just listen for free (legally) whenever you want without the hassle of storing (and now backing up) music files. Hmm... ...
MS unveils "keep 10" deal for Zune Pass music subscribers
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... On the heels of its recently announced Zune price drops and firmware updates, Microsoft has an early holiday gift for monthly Zune Pass music subscribers: now they can keep 10 tracks a month as "in-the-clear" MP3s. Nice. Unlimited Zune Pass subscriptions will still cost $14.99 a month, according to Microsoft, and in addition to the new "keep 10" policy, the Zune Marketplace will soon be adding MP3s from Universal Music Group (tunes from EMI, Sony, and Warner are already available). The "keep 10" deal sounds like a clever way to sweeten the DRM-flavored pill of subscription ...
Microsoft adds 10 MP3s-to-own to monthly Zune Pass subscription
Obsessable News Feed —
... to iTunes purchases, Microsoft is taking a more user-friendly stance, offering Zune Pass subscribers DRM-free MP3s to own. The Zune Pass plan gives users access to Microsoft's music catalog in the form of protected WMA files. Subscribers can download as many as they like, which will only continue to play as long as users maintain their subscriptions. With this new announcement, users can choose ten tracks each month to download as unprotected MP3 files, playable on any music device. Microsoft is working out the rights negotiations with content providers, and expects that soon ...
Zune Pass: A Sweeter Deal
SolSie.com —
... easy feat. Agreements between Microsoft and the record labels EMI, Song BMG, Universal Music, and Warner Music, had to first be signed and put into place along with agreements with independent distributors of digital music like INgrooves, Independent Online Distribution Alliance and The Orchard. Of course, don’t forget if you are not a fan of subscription model, the majority of the music in the Zune Marketplace is DRM-free? To learn more about the Zune Pass or to sign up, visit the Zune.net site. [image] [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI ...
Zune Pass Update is Just A Band-Aid, Nothing More
Technologizer —
... they are covering, or b) using a higher-profile news service to push their own views. This serves no one, and will especially do a disservice to your readership. Yes, I will be the first to admit here at Technologizer we are opinionated, but we try to keep it reasoned and balanced. We also keep it open-ended, cause we want to invite the readership into the discussion. Anyways, enough of my initial vent on what I’m reading. On to the topic at hand and that’s this supposed “update” to Zune Pass . Essentially, the price of the subscription service stays the same at $15, but now ...
When Will Microsoft Get a Clue?
Fast Company - Technology —
... does also, and Microsoft's Zune Store still sells music with DRM too. But both of those services are subscription-based, meaning you can get access to millions of songs for a low flat rate of a few bucks a month. Microsoft's Zune Store even lets you permanently keep 10 of your favorite songs every month as part of a deal called Zune Pass . I've always said that the Zune is a great platform, a great player, and one of the most economical music-buying options out there. But the Zune has suffered greatly from the deadly PR surrounding its "bricking" problems last month, and ...
Microsoft Tries to Make Subscription Music Sound Sexy. Or at Least Smart.
Technologizer —
... I feel really sorry for the companies, such as Real (with its Rhapsody service), Best Buy (with Napster), and Microsoft (with Zune Pass) that sell subscription music services. Rationally, subscription music makes perfect sense: You pay one monthly rate and get access to the service’s entire library. You can gorge all you want, and if you download an album that turns out not to tickle your fancy, you’ve only wasted a little time.
Emotionally, however, none of these services have caught on enough with the American public to ...
Napster Slashes Unlimited Streaming Pricing
Contentinople: —
... (Nasdaq: MSFT)'s Windows Media Player. When a user buys a song from Napster, it will automatically appear in his iTunes library, he said. Napster is sticking with the $15 fee that it charges subscribers for its Napster To Go service, which offers unlimited MP3 downloads to devices with Windows digital rights management software. That's the same price Microsoft charges for unlimited MP3 downloads with its Zune Pass product.
I don't want an MP3 player/camera/ebook reader/gaming device. Do you?
All about Microsoft —
... who replied were not. Some cited battery-life issues as the reason they weren’t keen on the single-device-does-all idea. Others said they weren’t interested in devices that were OK at lots of tasks but great at none of them. I don’t need a camera that posts to Twitter, one of my Tweet-buddies quipped. I’ve been playing lately with the Zune subscription service. (Hey, I never claimed to be an early adopter; in fact, I’m typically a “wait for at least the third version” one.) With the Zune Pass , for $15 a month, you can download a lot of music and keep 10 tracks a month. The ...
