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telegraph.co.uk - 7/13/2009

Microsoft is launching a music streaming service this month

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Microsoft is gearing up to launch a music streaming service similar to Spotify by the end of this month.

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gamepolitics.com - 7/18/2009

Microsoft Responds to Obama's Admonition to Put Away the Xbox

— gamepolitics.com — President Barack Obama's admonition to parents to "put away the Xbox" has drawn a response from Microsoft.... Obama made the remarks on Thursday evening during a speech he delivered at an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the NAACP. ... (more) Microsoft Responds to Obama's Admonition to Put Away the ...

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gamasutra.com - 7/17/2009

News - Microsoft's Greenberg: We're Less Than Halfway Through The Console Cycle

— gamasutra.com — Sales of Xbox 360 in the U.S. reached 241,000 units during the month of June, a 9... percent year-over-year increase -- but Microsoft's hoping the industry takes a macro view of the first six months of 2009. "Our console sales for the first half of the ... (more) News - Microsoft's Greenberg: We're Less Than Halfway ...

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news.cnet.com - 7/17/2009

First Microsoft retail stores to open this fall

— news.cnet.com — Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it is planning to open its first stores this fall, with at... least some of the locations likely to be right near an Apple store. "As we progress on our retail strategy there will be scenarios where we have ... (more) First Microsoft retail stores to open this fall

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Microsoft prepping music streaming service, Xbox tie-in possible
Joystiq — ... Speaking to the Telegraph, Peter Bale, executive producer of MSN, announced that Microsoft will launch a streaming music service "imminently" -- by the end of July, according to the Telegraph. Bale said the service will perform similarly to ...

Xbox 360 could get streaming music from new MS service
Destructoid — ... There is a new streaming music service coming from Microsoft, and it could launch as early as the end of this month, says Telegraph. MSN executive producer Peter Bale says that it will have both free and paid streams, with the latter being commercial-free.  ...

Microsoft To Launch Streaming Music Service, Could Hit 360 [Microsoft]
Kotaku — ... pass (where you pay for a day's use, ad-free) and a subscription, where €10 gets a month's worth of streaming music, ad-free. Interestingly, he also says that this service could be tied to the company's Xbox 360 console, "but would not be drawn on the details of how a partnership would work". If Microsoft were working on an in-house music streaming service...and it was going to hit the 360...why bother courting last.fm and making such a big deal out of it? Microsoft is launching a music streaming service this month [The Telegraph] ...

Microsoft Spotify Rival Could Hit Xbox 360
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — Microsoft will launch a new music streaming service similar to Spotify by the end of this month. The service will enable users to stream music for free and also download to own. Music is an important area for Microsoft. We are looking at launching a music streaming service imminently, Peter Bale, executive producer of MSN, told the Telegraph . It will be a similar principle to Spotify but we are still examining how the business model will work. Spotify enables free, ad-supported music streaming, or ad-free streaming for a fee of 9.99 a month. Microsoft will promote its new ...