Microsoft to step up music sales effort
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Microsoft hopes to more than double its presence in the European online music market by launching its MSN Music Service in seven more countries, the Financial Times reported.
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Company hopes that the rival to Apple's iTunes will make draw visitors to MSN website.
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Microsoft said that it expects Windows XP to make up a significantly larger part of sales in the coming year.
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Microsoft is set to unveil the latest version of its media playback software on Thursday, giving its partners powerful new tools for selling digital entertainment services even as it launches its own music download store.
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EMI has seen download music sales rise by almost 600% in the six months to the end of September, and says they are becoming a major part of its business.
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Company hopes the $160 million purchase will make it a major player in the music market.
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Music industry giants have agreed on a deal that aims to boost developement of new music distribution methods in the US and Canada.
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Microsoft Corp., hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc.'s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet.
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Microsoft plans to announce Monday its latest product to assist advertisers across its multiple platforms and services. The company says those companies using the service could potentially reach 465 million consumers.
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EMI sees download music sales rise by nearly 600% in the six months to the end of September and says they are becoming a major part of its business.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft continues to tweak its volume licensing programs to make it easier for business customers to purchase the company&#39;s software in bulk.
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Microsoft's newly released music player is the latest in a years-long desire to counter Apple's dominance in the sector.
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Microsoft officially launched the MSN Music Store today, marking the company&#39;s entry into the online music download business. The company announced the service
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Microsoft Corp. is preparing to roll out a portable digital music player later this year, an apparent bid to capture a slice of the market now dominated by the iPod, music industry executives said Thursday.
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Following the success of Apple's iTunes Music Store, Microsoft worked quickly to catch online music's rising star. After many months of development MSN Music, Windows Media Player 10, and Portable Media Centers have been formally launched.
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The online retailer said over the weekend that it would begin to roll out its music store worldwide during this year in an effort to more broadly compete with market-leader iTunes.
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CANNES, France  - Away from the headlines of job  losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music  industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales  and offset the fall in CD sales.