Best Buy vs. Apple in Music Download

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Best Buy is buying Napster, the second-place music subscription service, which has been losing money and subscribers. The deal is almost a rounding error for a company of Best Buy's size. The stated price is $121 million. But since Napster has $67 million in cash, the effective cost to Best Buy is $54 million. Best Buy has long been interested in finding ways to sell services as well as products. It has offered a co-branded version of the Rhapsody, the leading music subscription service offered by Real Networks.

Will Best Buy or Apple have larger market share in music download?
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