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As Always, Mobile Music Faces Uncertain Future This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

  • Saturday, July 17, 2010

Cloud-based mobile music services have grabbed headlines in recent weeks, but only one thing is certain for mobile music: The old business models don't apply.

Recent headlines about cloud-based services have breathed new life into a mobile music industry that has long failed to live up to its hype: The NPD Group last week reported that seven or eight million iTunes users would pay $10 a month for a cloud music service that gave them access to their music libraries across devices and platforms. Apple is building a service out of the ashes of Lala in what appears to be [...]

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