Los Angeles - Concert promoter and venue owner Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store on a new live music program, that will see Live Nation Studios offer exclusive recorded and filmed concerts for purchase and download on iTunes.
Live Nation said it regularly records concerts in over 80 of the venues it owns.
The first exclusive live recordings to go on sale this week, from a new, dedicated live recordings section on iTunes, include performances from OK Go, Jesse McCartney, Duffy and Ziggy Marley.
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This looks like a great service, hopefully it will live up to expectations.
Here at The Music Void we have also explored this new venture: http://bit.ly/4KXm3W
Some people are criticising this whole itunes Policy.
I have read an article that explains why itunes might be harming others
http://www.themusicvoid.com/2010/02/the-russians-are-back/
What do you think?