One of two things has got to happen. There has to be a new financial model that excites music consumers into spending more money on music, or there has to be a technological advance that creates a new experience with music.

In one more attempt to counter music piracy, major music labels have agreed to support a service that will offer free music downloads — with some substantial restrictions — to any college student.

eMusic, the digital music download service, says it is eyeing Asia after a successful launch across Europe last year.

They’ll add 350,000 new subscribers, get promotion on AOL, and pay just $15 million in cash. It’s not a bad deal, except it adds more unprofitable customers to the struggling company, and the company’s war chest just got significantly lighter. That

Yottamusic gives you fast and easy web-based access to all 2.8 million songs in the Rhapsody music library.

Best Buy on Thursday said it will introduce a new music service with digital music player maker SanDisk and music software company RealNetworks to create the latest competitor to Apple Computer's iPod and iTunes combination.