Apple iTunes Plus Launched
Apple had a busy day today and apart from iTunes U, they also announced the iTunes® Plus—DRM-free music tracks. The tracks would feature high quality 256 kbps AAC encoding and will retail for $1.29 per song. iTunes Plus would include songs from the EMI’s digital catalog including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink Floyd, John Coltran.
“Our customers are very excited about the freedom and amazing sound quality of iTunes Plus,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We expect more than half of the songs on iTunes will be offered in iTunes Plus versions by the end of this year.”
“This is a tremendous milestone for digital music,” said Eric Nicoli, CEO of EMI Group. “Consumers are going to love listening to higher quality iTunes Plus tracks from their favorite EMI artists with no usage restrictions.”
