Today In Music News: iTunes Launches Tiered Pricing, Conor Oberst Releases Free Doc, Weezy Joins Ross Against Fitty, And Don't Hassle The Hoff Tween Band.

• Who gets to decide the price - the record co or itunes? What is interesting to me is I wonder if the two sided single might be coming back. IF you had two good songs and each was 69 cents, then two would go for about $1.29. Not that much different than in 1957! The fifties that made rock and roll was mostly singles sales. And the Beatles (when rock rocked) always had great singles with hits on both sides. an innovative company (not the Big Four Dinosaurs) might try the single idea. New century, new everything!

• yes but this itunes business is actually a good news/bad news deal. top tier songs (see: anything you would want) have seen a price increase to ~$1.29. although apple promised there would be far more songs at the $0.69 price point, it appears even songs under the public domain (anyone can sell them) have failed to see their prices drop. at $1.29 a song, you could almost go to virgin and buy an overpriced cd.

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