| Wal-Mart Entering the World of Music Download Services |
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| Home Theater News Music - Download Technology News | |
| Written by Kate Regan | |
| Thursday, 01 April 2004 | |
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Walmart.com
is now offering its own download service that charges 88 cents per
song. The service does not charge a monthly fee and there is no
subscription charge. It offers a variety of songs and full album
downloads that can be found only on walmart.com in their ‘Walmart
Exclusives” section. This month their exclusives include songs from the
finalists of Oprah Winfrey’s Pop Star Challenge, the acoustic version
of the 3 Doors Down song “Here Without You” and the international radio
version of the Black Eyed Peas newest release “Hey Mama.”
Walmart is known for selling edited albums inside their stores, and their download service is no different. Songs available on the service that are marked “edited” have been recorded without explicit lyrics. Some edited songs featured on the site include Nelly’s hit “Hot in Herre”, Blink-182’s “I Miss You” and 50 Cent’s “In Da Club" and “P.I.M.P.” Unedited versions are not available through walmart.com. Edited music may be a plus for concerned parents, but it also may be a large factor in why users turn to other services for their music downloads. Music downloaded from Walmart.com is not compatible with Macintosh or Linux operating systems making the site exclusive to PC users. The website offers a free downloadable version of Windows Media Player 9 to make the downloading process easy for first time downloaders. For more information or to try the service please visit www.walmart.com. Like this article? Bookmark and share with any of the sites below.        |
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