Warner Music Signs Up to Nokia's "Free" Music Platform
Nokia has finally secured music content from Warner Music Group for its "Comes With Music" platform. Warner joins Universal Music Group and Sony BMG in offering a full years worth of free music downloads on selected Nokia handsets.
"Nokia's Comes With Music service will be a significant step forward in the evolution of digital music. It's the first global initiative to fundamentally align the interests of music companies with telecommunications companies," said Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music Group's Chairman and CEO. "Through this innovative service and business model, all parties are equally driven to create the best and most comprehensive music offering designed to meet the ever-expanding consumer appetite for music and music-enabled devices."
Comes With Music is expected to launch in the second half of 2008 on a range of Nokia devices in selected territories.
Warner Music Group content will also now be available through the Nokia Music Store - which offers music content via PC as well as mobile download. Purchased songs can also be transferred between a PC and a compatible Nokia device, regardless of which device was used to buy them.
The Nokia Music Store is available in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden and the United Kingdom and is expanding to additional countries.
Posted to the site on 1st July 2008
