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Digital race hits Europe: Napster and Apple ready for spring.(Digital music)
The race is underway to lead the UK music download business in 2004, with Napster and Apple's iTunes service competing to get to market first.
Napster representatives were meeting with label executives just before Christmas with a promise to enter the market in the first quarter of 2004. Music Week also understands that Apple executives have presented plans for their iTunes Music Store to major record companies, with tentative plans for an April launch.
One source says, "Napster were beaten to the market in the US and want to get in first in the UK. Their service is very competitive. You can stream whole songs, rather than just excerpts, and it has lots of other applications."
Representatives from both operations are set to play a key part in Midemnet on January 24. Apple Computer vice president of applications and internet services Eddy Cue is expected to outline its Europe expansion plans, while Napster owner Roxio's chairman and CEO Chris Gorog is due to be interviewed by Music Week editor-in-chief Ajax Scott.
Details of Apple's European launch are expected to be further fleshed out at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco this week, where Apple founder and CEO ...
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