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Starbucks Hear Music Added to iTunes

By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews

October 5, 2006, 2:32 PM

Coffee house chain Starbucks said Thursday it had signed an agreement with Apple Computer to make its Hear Music offerings available through the iTunes service. The company acquired Hear Music in 1999, and the agreement would set up a separate store within iTunes. The area would include playlists created by the same people responsible with programming the music heard in the company's shops worldwide.

"Millions of people enjoy the great music featured at Starbucks locations worldwide, and ask us for it by name," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "Starbucks Hear Music has been a hit with music fans and we're thrilled to add a Starbucks area to iTunes with all this great music online for the first time."

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By foxfyre

edited Oct 6, 2006 - 1:21 AM

I find the continuing debate hilarious.

If no one drinks Starbucks, and no one utilizes DRM enabled music, why is there so much whining and complaining?

Just go back to your high school classes or the Best Buy sales isles and worry about learning all of the useless information about which no one can determine the relevancy, or wondering about the new capacity of the latest USB flash keys.

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By Bobbitchin

posted Oct 5, 2006 - 4:30 PM

Besides who drinks Starbucks anymore? Have you been in one lately? They have automated the espresso machines, now all they do is push a couple butttons and it squerts out a mocha.

That's not coffee!

Might as well go to 7-11 and push the buttons yourself and save $4 on that mocha.

Starbucks has become the McDonalds of coffee.

Mediocre coffee worldwide!

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By Desides

posted Oct 5, 2006 - 6:56 PM

"Besides who drinks Starbucks anymore?"

I would argue a growing number of millions of people, given how new Starbucks are springing up everywhere.

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By Qwertinsky

posted Oct 6, 2006 - 1:13 AM

There is a McDonalds everywhere you go too.

Would you call McDonalds a gourmet hamburger?

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By Desides

posted Oct 6, 2006 - 4:31 AM

And the quality of the food served is relevant how? The point is that Starbucks is growing. That means there is a demand for their services. Period.

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By NeoTrunks

posted Oct 6, 2006 - 4:08 AM

The quality of the product over all has nothing to do with the ammount of customers they get. McDonalds and Starbucks are popular because they're convienient, fast, and they generally taste good. They're not 5 star restaurants, but they're not charging that much either.

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By ThaCHEESE

posted Oct 6, 2006 - 1:44 AM

I'm not sure about that, but Mr. Jim Norton Cofee Diva only drinks starbucks, that says something to me....

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By Bobbitchin

edited Oct 6, 2006 - 11:18 AM

Yeah, it says he is gay.

Because only women are Diva's LOL :p

A diva is a female opera singer, but now the term also refers to a popular female performer of non-operatic works. The term was originally used to describe a woman of rare, outstanding talent. The term derives from an ancient Italian word meaning "goddess", which, in turn derives from the feminine form of a Latin word divus, meaning "divine one."

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By AntiochMedia

posted Oct 5, 2006 - 4:11 PM

Hear Music does have a number of fantastic exclusive tracks on their many compilations from artists such as Rufus Wainwright to Joseph Arthur, Gomez, Madonna, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, etc. This is great news as those compilations are quite expensive to purchase at Starbucks. The back catalog can also be hard to come by. I'm very happy to see this happening!

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By imafurby

posted Oct 5, 2006 - 2:55 PM

This is news? Great, now I can download musical wallpaper with a coffee theme.

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