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Article: Amazon gets into digital music business.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- May 16, 2007
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Byline: Troy Wolverton
SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Amazon.com is getting into the digital music market, taking on Apple's iTunes Music store. But the move may end up helping Apple instead, analysts say.
That's because Amazon may expand the market for digital music downloads. That in turn could increase the market for digital music players, particularly for Apple's iPods, which dominate the market.
"To the extent that more people cross over into thinking in terms of digital music and purchasing digital music, the more the iPod stands to benefit," said Eric Garland, CEO of BigChampagne, a market research company focused on digital media.
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