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What’s the key to fight the ultra-mega-super-giant iTunes? According to eMusic, social networks. eMusic will start adding links to their song pages where you can easily share your song of choice with the rest of the world, or just your friends. You’ll soon be able to share the song through del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, and Twitter. Also to be added is the band’s Wikipedia page, Flickr pictures, and YouTube videos relating to the band.
“The aim is to make eMusic relevant for an audience that would otherwise link to bootlegs on blogs and elsewhere to get the same material.” -David Pakman, …read more

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Who said the digital music market is just iTunes? Apparently, Activision wants to see if they can shake things up by making their own online music store. Now, what would a gaming company have to do with music downloads? Well, not much… Until you consider the fact that Activision is the publisher of Guitar Hero.
“I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes, but Guitar Hero certainly has that potential.” -Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard
Well, you keep thinking that Bobby. I agree that Guitar Hero has potential in the online market, but …read more

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