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50 Million Free iTunes Tracks For the Taking at Starbucks

by Tim Stevens on September 24, 2007 at 12:12 PM

50 Million Free iTunes Tracks For the Taking at Starbucks

Starbucks has long been the go-to place for lovers of overpriced hot beverages and overpriced Wi-Fi. Now it's poised to become the go-to place for lovers of iTunes, too. Today, Starbucks announced that it will give away millions of free iTunes downloads to customers in the form of "Song of the Day" cards, set to be distributed between October 2 and November 7.

When Apple announced the new Wi-Fi-enabled iPods earlier this month, it also announced the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, arriving October 2. When it launches, the wireless version of iTunes has a special treat in its back pocket for Starbucks customers who will be able to access iTunes from inside of a Starbucks without having to pay for the in-store Wi-Fi access. Once on iTunes, coffee-guzzlers will be able to find out the name of the song currently playing inside the store -- along with the 10 previously played tracks -- and purchase it.

To get the word out, Starbucks is giving away more than 50 million of the "Song of the Day" iTunes downloads, which customers will have until the end of the year to redeem. When wireless iTunes makes its debut on October 2, the Starbucks service will also launch at 600 locations in New York and Seattle and roll out to the rest of the country by the end of next year.

Miraculously, the price of iTunes tracks will not be marked up 500 percent when purchased from within a Starbucks.

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