RealNetworks ends its half-off online music sale
They didn't make this announcement with quite as much fanfare as when they cut their price per download at their online music store to just 49 cents, but RealNetworks is ending that half-price "Freedom of Choice" promotion they've been running for the past three weeks (the move was part of their ongoing battle with Apple to try open up the iPod to music downloads sold by other online stores). They were losing money with each purchase, but they must have made it all up in volume since apparently they manage to sell over 3 million songs during that time.
