Sony BMG: We, too, might offer a music subscription service
Looks as if the battle for elbow room in the music subscription market could get a tiny bit tougher if Sony BMG Entertainment follows through on plans to offer its digital catalog to subscribers.
In a story published Monday, the company's CEO, Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that Sony BMG is working on a subscription service that would in many ways resemble the one contemplated by Apple, which reportedly has been discussing such a service with the four major music labels.
The basics of the proposed Sony BMG plan would include unlimited access to the label's digital library for a flat monthly fee of $9 to $12, and compatibility with all music players, including Apple's iPod, Schmidt-Holtz said, adding that it was possible subscribers "could keep some songs indefinitely--that they would own them even after the subscription expired." Another possible feature of the service: downloads via mobile phone.
No word, though, on when the service might be launched.
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Screw you Sony! You finally done it to yourself in losing loyalty. And now this music service. lol...a joke. At least try to get some our confidence back and just have your music in one place, which ultimatly is iTunes. They already have the customer base, marketing, and support to market your music.
Wake up!!!
One for each major record company? I just don't see that
happening under any circumstances.