News.com is reporting that Microsoft is planning a music subscription service for its online music store. Microsoft launched their current online music store last September but it did not have a subscription service at the time. The company is aiming to tip the balance in its favor and away from Apple’s iTunes service. Here’s a quote from the article:

Feeling Apple’s sting, Microsoft is looking to diminish iTunes’ influence with a new subscription music service. Sources say the company is also considering a more direct attack on Apple, seeking rights from copyright holders to give subscribers a Microsoft-formatted version of any song purchased from iTunes so they can be played on devices other than an iPod

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