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	<title>The Friendly Manual &#187; Music</title>
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		<title>Buying Music Online Now Costs More&#8230;and Less</title>
		<link>http://www.thefriendlymanual.com/2009/04/15/buying-music-online-now-costs-moreand-less/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Rybicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of a new agreement between online music retailers and the recording industry, all three major sellers of music downloads have adjusted their pricing. Whereas before the majority of songs were sold for $.89 or $.99 per track, now iTunes, Amazon, and Wal-Mart are all offering downloads in a range of prices dictated [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-225" title="itunes-button-logo-300x300-150" src="http://www.thefriendlymanual.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/itunes-button-logo-300x300-150.jpg" alt="itunes-button-logo-300x300-150" width="148" height="150" />As a result of a new agreement between online music retailers and the recording industry, all three major sellers of music downloads have adjusted their pricing. Whereas before the majority of songs were sold for $.89 or $.99 per track, now iTunes, Amazon, and Wal-Mart are all offering downloads in a range of prices dictated by popularity and other factors. Here&#8217;s how the prices run down:</p>
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<li><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=DNUQn128Uto&amp;offerid=146261.10000007&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0">iTunes Music Store</a><img src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=DNUQn128Uto&amp;bids=146261.10000007&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> downloads now cost $.69, $.99, or $1.29 per track. Apple has mitigated the pain a bit here by making every track available as a higher-quality sound file than before and stripping away the five-device limit that was once standard in the iTunes Store. But on the flip side, anecdotal evidence seems to indicate far more tracks priced at $1.29 than $.69.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMP3-Music-Download%2Fb%3Fie%3DUTF8%26node%3D163856011%26ref%255F%3Dsa%255Fmenu%255Fdmusic2%255Fgw&amp;tag=jrgugjhg-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957">Amazon</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jrgugjhg-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> MP3 downloads now cost $.79, $.99 or $1.29 per song. Amazon&#8217;s approach seems to be to apply the lower prices a bit more freely than at iTunes, and Amazon&#8217;s songs have never had play restrictions attached.</li>
<li>And <a href="http://mp3.walmart.com/store/home" target="_blank">Wal-Mart</a> comes in on the low end here with downloads offered at $.64, $.94, and $1.24. The retail giant also offers specific pages highlighting songs available at the different price points.</li>
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<p>Are you able to find what you listen to at the lower price points? Or has this change made buying music more expensive for you?</p>
<p>[<a href="http://lifehacker.com/5203492/amazon-and-wal+mart-follow-itunes-into-variable-pricing" target="_blank">Read</a>]</p>
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