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Web services engage in battle of the bands.(News)(America Online Inc.)(online music services)
Crain's New York Business, September, 2004 by Jain, Anita
Byline: anita jain AOL loses lead in music entertainment market to Yahoo! Self-described music junkie Ken Ruck logs on to America Online frequently during work and at home to play the radio and watch videos that stream off the portal. Sure, the young employee of a Manhattan video game company could get much of the same content for free at Yahoo!'s music site LAUNCHcast Radio, but he craves the extras that only AOL offers.
Those include the private concerts that AOL puts on as part of its exclusive service to broadband customers-such as those by Avril Lavigne and Usher that Mr. Ruck enjoyed this summer. "It seems that AOL has much more original content,'' Mr. Ruck says. "With AOL, you get a first shot at songs before anyone else does.'' Out of sight...
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