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Tuesday, December 04, 2001
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8057035.html?tag=tp_pr RealNetworks to plug in MusicNet By Evan Hansen and Jim Hu, Staff Writers, CNET News.com RealNetworks is scheduled to launch its much-anticipated subscription service for online music Tuesday, offering a major test of consumer demand for paid content on the Web. The service, known as RealOne Music, comes amid a flurry of similar announcements--and a chorus of skepticism over the prospects of paid subscriptions in the face of free songs available on file-swapping services popularized by Napster. RealNetworks said it will charge $9.95 a month for the service on its own, or $19.95 a month as part of a larger package of content that includes exclusive sports, entertainment and news programming....
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