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Title: Virgin Jukebox / Music Store
Post by: bjsolem on March 08, 2004, 12:41:43 pm

FYI -

Virgin is getting in to the jukebox / Music Store game

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5171229.html?tag=nefd_top

Title: Re:Virgin Jukebox / Music Store
Post by: KingSparta on March 08, 2004, 12:45:35 pm

I heard something about this about 6 months ago, i think It was on FoxNews

Title: Re:Virgin Jukebox / Music Store
Post by: rjcrum on March 12, 2004, 10:45:45 am

Don't know if it's crossed other people's minds, but what is the possibility that the "big deal" that J River has been working on is to be the software player provider for the Virgin music store offering?

From Business week, I quote "Unlike most other digital-music plays, Virgin has opted to build its own music-player software rather than buy from a third party. That decision could mean trouble -- building easy-to-use software is a pretty tough job."

But...what if the work that J River has been doing for a "major customer" was to offer a customized version of the player, branded with the Virgin logo.  I suppose that could be considered "building their own" since it might incorporate special features for Virgin.  

The timing is interesting.  Thoughts?