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  • Will record labels play in Microsoft's band?

    As the major record labels try to remake online music in their own image, Microsoft's presence is looming powerfully enough to influence the biggest alliances in the business--even if the software giant hasn't struck the big deals itself.

  • DOJ probes online music ventures

    The US Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation of the online-music business, focusing on two new joint ventures backed by five major record labels.

  • Napster turns up volume on new service

    Napster is to give a preview of its new look, and is confident that it will emerge from litigation a force to be reckoned with

  • The Napster legacy could be a problem

    Napster may have been defanged, but other rogue peer-to-peer music services still exist. Even if the music industry were to crush these services too, millions of music fans won't forget the Napster experience.

  • Yahoo to launch its own music player

    Web portal Yahoo is planning to launch its own online music service later this year, despite its US$160 million purchase of Musicmatch announced this week, according to music industry sources.

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