Yahoo Raises Prices of Music Service
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Yahoo is raising the cost of its online subscription music service between $1 and $3 per month, depending on the customer's plan. Initially launched in 2005 at a price of $4.99 per month, Yahoo Music Unlimited will now cost $11.99 per month when purchased annually.
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NEW YORK: Internet company Yahoo says it will buy privately held music software company Musicmatch for about $US160 million in a bid to bolster its online music services.
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Yahoo Pumps Up the Volume with MusicMatch Acquisition  Yahoo and Musicmatch, Inc. today announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Yahoo will acquire Musicmatch for a purchase price of approximately $160 million in cash. The combination will substantially increase Yahoo's music reach from 12.9 million to an estimated 23 ...
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LONDON - Yahoo! is joining the music-download arena with the $160m acquistion of Musicmatch, which sees it playing catch-up with established competitors such as Apple&#39;s iTunes, Coca-Cola&#39;s MyCokeMusic and MSN Music.
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Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market
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Yahoo says the acquisition of Rivals.com will expand the community offerings and open publishing capabilities of Yahoo Sports.
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The competition arrayed against Apple in the growing online music market is shifting. In a deal valued at US$160 million, Yahoo! announced today the acquisition of one-time Apple partner Musicmatch.
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Yahoo has relaunched its Yahoo! Video service, increasing the viewer's aspect ratio and supported movie file size.
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This fourth priority&#39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. With Tuesday&#39;s $160 million purchase of Musicmatch, Yahoo sent a clear message that it is
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Yahoo buys the online jukebox provider MusicMatch to tap into the appetite for song downloads.
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Yahoo is selling its digital music subscription service to Rhapsody America - a partnership of Real Networks and MTV Networks - as it revamps its music strategy. Yahoo Music will continue to offer music videos, Internet radio and music downloads. But customers of its monthly Yahoo Music Unlimited service will be migrated to Rhapsody. No firm timetable has been set. Yahoo, which expects the deal to close by the middle of year, did not disclose terms.
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Offer--described by Yahoo as "unsolicited"--amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday.
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Yahooâs huge user base could provide the audience and the infrastructure for Microsoft to change how it distributes its products and charges for them.
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Yahoo! Inc., owner of the world&#39;s most-visited Internet site, will buy Musicmatch Inc. for $160 million to spur sales of music downloads and compete with rivals including Apple Computer Inc.
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Microsoft may end up having to raise the amount it is willing to pay for Yahoo if the software company&#39;s stock continues to drop while Yahoo&#39;s continues to rise.
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Yahoo Inc. is buying online jukebox provider Musicmatch Inc. for &#36;160 million in a deal designed to broaden the Internet giant's appeal with the growing audience of consumers who buy songs off the Web.
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Ads chemical romance Search engine behemoth Yahoo! has ramped up its service for advertisers by acquiring privately held global ad network BlueLithium for $300m.â¦