MSN Music presses mute on downloads

Two years after opening its MSN Music store to compete with Apple Computer's iTunes, Microsoft plans to stop selling downloads from the site, CNET News.com has learned.

Beginning, Nov. 14, MSN's music site will begin redirecting music purchasers to either the Zune Marketplace Web site or to RealNetworks' Rhapsody site.

"After November 14, the 'Buy' buttons that you're used to seeing on MSN Music album and artist pages will change to links that connect you to Zune and to Real Rhapsody," MSN Entertainment general manager Rob Bennett said in an e-mail to MSN Music customers.
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