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RealNetworks offers free songs for new service
April 26, 2005
Multimedia company taps Microsoft tech for new iTunes rival, offers free basic music subscriptions.
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RealNetworks readies new music service
April 26, 2005
Company's "groundbreaking" announcement expected to concern a new version of its Rhapsody subscription-based music program.
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Yahoo boosts prices on music service
October 21, 2005
Promotional pricing ends for part of Yahoo's cut-rate digital music plan, easing pressure on rivals.
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Glaser turns wrath on Apple, Jobs
December 6, 2005
RealNetworks' chief says refusal to make iPod compatible with music services other than iTunes was "pigheadedness."
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RealNetworks moves Rhapsody to the Web
December 5, 2005
Along with first fruits of Microsoft deal, RealNetworks' core music subscription service gets an online makeover.
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Antitrust truce frees rivals for bite at Apple
October 11, 2005
Steve Jobs rebuffed RealNetworks 18 months ago. Today's deal with Microsoft now bolsters an anti-iPod alliance.
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Digital music's move back to the Web
November 4, 2005
AOL, Napster and RealNetworks are all pushing their music services online, but will this help them catch Apple's elusive market share?
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Week in review: Microsoft makes nice
October 14, 2005
Microsoft buries the hatchet with RealNetworks and forms an alliance with Yahoo, but it's unlikely to cool the regulatory heat it's under.
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This week in Microsoft
October 14, 2005
Microsoft makes peace with RealNetworks and forms an alliance with Yahoo.
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Microsoft's Real deal
October 12, 2005
Software giant and RealNetworks hammer out deal that puts aside legal differences and aims to shore up their respective digital music strategies.
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This week in digital music
May 13, 2005
Music download services crank up the volume, with newcomer Yahoo taking aim at market leader iTunes.
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Digital music spins new sales approach
January 19, 2006
Subscription services try playlist swapping in battle against iTunes, but it's an uphill climb.
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My music, my way
January 25, 2008
Last.fm got a lot of ink for what really was a half step, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. Digital music consumers are still waiting to see the real deal.
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Napster's 'rental' music service takes on iTunes
February 3, 2005
The company is putting $30 million in marketing behind a new Microsoft-backed portable subscription service.
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Real, Microsoft reach truce
October 11, 2005
Long-running antitrust suit against software giant ends in $460 million deal, with millions more to come in partnership efforts. Photo: Gates, Glazer shake hands
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MTV, Microsoft band together for music service
December 13, 2005
With help of software giant, music TV network readies launch of iTunes rival, two years or more in the making.
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