Digital music company Loudeye is expected Monday to announce a new service helping other companies set up online music stores such as Apple Computer's iTunes.
Under the program, Loudeye will work with Microsoft to handle the infrastructure and distribution for online music services branded by other companies looking to sell songs online or to enter the digital media business in some other way. Early customers of the service include AT&T Wireless and Gibson Audio, a division of Gibson Guitars.
"The problem for companies that want to launch a digital media service with their own brand is that it's very expensive," said Loudeye Chief Executive Officer Jeff Cavins. "We'll charge them a fraction of the cost of what it would take to build it themselves."
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