January 30, 2006

Warner Music, Skype team up on ringtones

Skype and Warner Music Group Corp. are expected to announce today a licensing agreement to bring ringtones to Internet phone service, reports the WSJ .

According to Rafat Ali on Moco News, "Skype is expected to sell the ringtones — 30-second song snippets that sound off when a call comes in — for $1.50 each. The deal, which is the first of its kind for both companies, will kick in within two months. This is a blanket license for the whole catalog, and Skype will initially promote Madonna as a “featured artist"

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