Retailer Web Service Echo Eyes First-Quarter Launch
Echo, the planned digital music service backed by a consortium of leading retailers (Bulletin, Jan. 27), is hoping to launch in the first quarter of 2004, Bulletin has learned.
Echo CEO Dan Hart says the L.A.-based company is currently in licensing negotiations with
the major labels. Hart maintains that despite the current rush to market by a number of digital music services, downloads and subscriptions will not be a mass-market proposition for PC users until next fall.
Borders, Best Buy Co., Hastings Entertainment, Tower Records, Trans World Entertainment, Virgin Entertainment Group and Wherehouse Music are equal shareholders in Echo.
Echo CEO Dan Hart says the L.A.-based company is currently in licensing negotiations with
Borders, Best Buy Co., Hastings Entertainment, Tower Records, Trans World Entertainment, Virgin Entertainment Group and Wherehouse Music are equal shareholders in Echo.
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