Sony in talks with Apple on online music service for iPod
AFP, September, 2005
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TOKYO (AFP) — Sony said it was in talks with Apple Computer about a possible launch of an online music download service for Japanese users of Apple's hot-selling iPod digital music player.
The two companies are locked in a fierce battle in the market for digital music players, with Apple enjoying the upper hand over the struggling Japanese electronics icon.
Now the two companies could set aside their rivalries to allow iPod users here to access Sony's roster of Japanese artists.
"We are negotiating with Apple over the download business and hope to expand our customer base to iPod users," said Yasuhi Ide, a spokesman for Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
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Last month Apple started its online music service in Japan, the world's second-biggest music market after the United States, to offer one million songs to iPod users.
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