Microsoft expands european music download business
Reuters | at | by Mike
Microsoft launched its MSN music download service in eight new European countries on Thursday in an attempt to fend off a recent expansion push by archrival Apple Computer's iTunes. With the new territories, Microsoft has extended its music download business to 19 market versions in 17 countries, including 13 Western European countries.
"If you take all the new countries, we expect to overtake iTunes very soon because we will have a larger user base to tap," said Arndt Salzburg, who oversees Microsoft MSN's entertainment efforts in Europe, Middle East and South America.