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Music blog to offer high-quality song streaming

Consumers seem reluctant to sign up for online music services that charge subscription fees, yet a music blogging site is hoping to reel in music lovers by offering unlimited access to a catalog of high-fidelity tunes for $5 a month.

Microsoft tests subscription pricing for Office

Microsoft Corp. is experimenting with selling its Office suite of programs to consumers on a subscription basis.

The Vine
How do Obama aides save money? Cut newspaper subscriptions?!
Source: USA Today

Aren't newspapers hurting enough financially? Now members of the Obama administration want to save money by cutting newspaper subscriptions.

Mystery magazine subscriptions, the fine print, and American Express
Source: Wallet Pop

I thought everyone knew the junk mail & magazine pimping came from their Publishing "sweepstakes" offers. Guess not.

CHART OF THE DAY: U.S. Daily Newspaper Circulation Plummets
Source: Bus. Insider

It used to be that if you owned a local paper, you just about had a license to print money. Not anymore.

Why Microsoft, labels cling to music subscriptions
Source: CNET.com

David Ring, executive vice president of business development for Universal Music Group's digital arm, said at the EconMusic Conference that the recording industry simply can't sustain itself from download sales alone.

Profile of US Weekly story on Palin - 'Babies, Lies and Scandal'
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Sorry about the source -- but this piece provides an interesting glimpse into the business fallout from US Weekly's story on Palin.

How to subscribe to toilet paper
Source: unclutterer.com

To illustrate, I'll let you know that I'm subscribed to coffee. I drink Café Altura House Blend and I ordered three 12 oz. cans at the subscription rate of $15.99—that's $5.33 per can.

Shape Magazine
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Great magazine for wome's fitness topics and exercise.

Self Magazine
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Experienced writers and great topics make this magazine one of the most popular fitness titles.

Fitness Magazine
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Leading magazine for fitness issues for women.

National Geographic for Kids Magazine
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Neat learning magazine for children, all about nature and low cost subscriptions

Sports Illustrated for Kids Magazine
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Awesome sports magazine for kids, low prices for subscriptions.

Nickelodeon Magazine
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Great source to get Nick magazine at a discount.

Jobs says Apple customers not into renting music
Source: Reuters

"Never say never, but customers don't seem to be interested in it," Jobs told Reuters in an interview after Apple reported blow-out quarterly results. "The subscription model has failed so far."

Microsoft Starts Handing Out SUSE Linux Subscriptions
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In the seven weeks since Microsoft and Novell announced their controversial interoperability and patent protection agreement, Redmond has handed out some 16,000 subscription certificates for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Google Reader take 2: Not bad at all
Source: linux.com

The first version of Google''s RSS reader, which debuted in October 2005, was so light on features that it was more of a curiosity than a serious application. Now the wizards in white coats at Google Labs have cooked up a new version.

How to Get out of your Contracts (the gym, AOL, cell phone or anything)
Source: msnbc.com

How to Get out of your Contracts (the gym, AOL, cell phone or anything) Once they've got your credit card number, charges on subscriptions, services and memberships can seem impossible to stop. Here's how.

Review: eMusic - first impressions

I'm not a fan of iTunes. There are a number of reasons for this, but these are mostly related to the fact that I own an iRiver and not an iPod so I'm effectively unable to use their store to download music.

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