Wal-Mart launches Soundcheck music service
We're a slightly befuddled as to the exact intention of their execution, but Wal-Mart's officially
announced Soundcheck, their latest foray into online music downloads which, instead of competing with the iTunes Music Store or the gaggle of PlaysForSure services out there (including their own),
appears to be more focused on small sets of freely downloadable media (like interviews) and cheapo 88 cent session
tracks, all of which are jacked directly into their in-store HDTV promos. In other words, it looks like they're aiming
it more to be an elaborate system of promotion to spur hard album sales rather than selling more audio online --
but what's interesting here is Wal-Mart's becoming a content company. Their first studio offerings include sessions
with bands Yellowcard and Switchfoot, with upcoming performances by Miranda Lambert and Ne-Yo, yo.[Thanks, Arjav]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
HarpMudd @ Jan 26th 2006 11:24AM
I wonder if their downloads are all censored like all of the CD's in the store? Do we really need another bs top-40 mainstream music service?
couch blogger @ Jan 26th 2006 11:27AM
I hope they will launch this Service in Europe too.
Russell Page @ Jan 26th 2006 1:29PM
They just launched an advertising division by doing this.