EMI has made a dramatic leap into the ad-supported music downloads market, inking deals with both Qtrax and SpiralFrog. The Qtrax deal includes all of EMI's digital catalogue that's been cleared for subscription services, although Qtrax hasn't started processing the songs yet – so they won't be available for a while. Ironically, EMI was the first label to ever commit to Qtrax way back in June 2006 – http://tinyurl.com/kqlz9 – but that deal ran out by the time the service launched this year. The news that SpiralFrog has also signed a deal with EMI means both services now have two major-label deals in place, with EMI and Universal Music Group.
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