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...some very lucrative ground to itself. It is only one-fifth the size of McDonald's in terms of sales, but Wendy's kept growing and generated healthy profits by pulling people into its stores with a steady stream of carefully tested new ideas and products, like the 99?? value menu, salads and high-quality chicken sandwiches...
...program, which allows houses of worship to copy music and distribute it to their congregations, will launch Songtouch.com next month. Billed as a "Christian Napster," the service will debut with 15,000 inspirational songs, from gospel to rap, making it the most comprehensive website of its kind. Songs cost 99?? each, although a subscription will get you unlimited monthly downloads. Rachinski, whose company gets up to 10% of the proceeds, says Songtouch is the reason he will buy his son his first MP3 player for his 10th birthday in April. "This is a place," he says, "where parents...
...Beyonce fan, for example, the store will help you find other artists you might like by listing contemporaries, followers and influences. You can also watch more than 1,100 free music videos via the Real Music Guide, vs. about 200 on iTunes. Both stores sell singles for 99?? and most albums for $9.99, but album prices can vary by a dollar or more. Each store has its exclusives: iTunes sells special tracks by Fleetwood Mac and JoJo, for example, while Real has some unique cuts from Incubus and Bob Marley...
While online music services cajole buyers into dropping 99?? on a pop hit, the wireless industry charges twice that for tinny, 30-sec. cellular ring tones based on the same tunes. And business is booming. Global revenues from ring-tone sales will top $4 billion this year, according to the consulting firm Strategy Analytics. New ways to customize your ring keep coming...
...companies deliver their catchiest tunes and people obligingly get together and break up as if they're in a high-speed movie montage. And thanks to the growing popularity of iPods and their ilk--and the major labels' grudging acknowledgment that it's better to sell one song for 99?? than no songs at all--singles will be particularly prevalent this summer. With help from radio programmers and music executives, we've scoured the various formats to come up with 12 likely contenders for Crazy in Love's mantle. Most of these songs are about people kissing, crying or partying...