Music Download Services Choices for 2008 (follow-up)
In the news this morning Yahoo announced they would be selling the yahoo unlimited music service to Rhapsody.
Since we just did the 2008 Round-Up of Download services I thought we’d let everyone know.
Mid-year 2008 existing Yahoo users will be allowed to migrate their music collections to Rhapsody.
No word yet if existing users will continue to pay the lower 8.99 / month pricing or if they will immediately be upped to 12.99.
I’m also a bit curious how Yahoo will handle the 1 and 2 year commitments (I signed up for the 2 years for 75 promo last year - we’ll cross our fingers and hope they hold to their bargain).
We’ll update as we hear more - I’ve always heard good things about the rhapsody service but its a shame for consumers anytime we lose an option.
I have to think some of this is based on the profitability in question fo the music services - as competition mounts from fee-free services (pandora, last.fm, etc) the subscription services will have a tougher time.
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