The launch Monday night of MSN's Radio Plus service, reported earlier, is hardly the first of MSN's paid services. The Web portal already charges for its MSN 8 online service, with or without Internet access included; for versions of its Hotmail Web-based e-mail service with extra storage; for its "The Zone" gaming site; for online bill payment; and for greeting cards.
But Radio Plus marks a significant departure for MSN in that it's the first entertainment content to get a paid version. That's an indication of things to come, according to Microsoft.
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