Article: More couples program iPods for wedding music

Rich Wells is a disc jockey who has provided music for more than 600 weddings in Cincinnati since 1992. It has been a good business, earning him an average of $650 for five hours of work.

But Mr. Wells sees a competitor on the horizon: iPods and other digital music players. Instead of hiring DJs such as Mr. Wells, some couples are choosing the tunes themselves. They are programming music into iPods for their receptions and plugging the device into sound systems so guests can dance to such wedding stalwarts as the "Chicken Dance" and the "Macarena."

Some agencies that book DJs and audio rental companies sense a business opportunity: They are renting iPods programmed with wedding music and ...

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