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  "publishedAt": "2007-05-13T23:01:51.000Z",
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  "textContent": "From time to time I like to highlight eMusic-related business deals.  Here’s a new one (_not_ mentioned on the [eMusic press release page][eMusic]): eMusic will be the featured music provider for [Jump Music][Jump Mu], a [new service][new ser] from [Alltel Wireless][Alltel] that lets cellular subscribers download music from their PCs to their mobile phones.  Alltel is the fifth-largest wireless provider in the US, and is rumored to be an [candidate for acquisition][candida] either by private equity firms or by Verizon.  (Both Verizon and Alltel use CDMA technology.)  Although Alltel claims to have the largest wireless network in the US (based on [geographic extent][geograp] presumably, not on total number of subscribers) it’s not that well known because its main markets are in the “[flyover states][flyover].”\n\nPresumably Alltel picked eMusic both because it offers lots of DRM-free music (making it easy to work with MP3-capable mobile phones) and also because as “number 2” behind the iTunes Store it’s willing to do deals with smaller companies (as I noted in my discussion of the [Johnny Rockets deal][Johnny]).  As Apple and AT&T prepare to roll out the iPhone it will be interesting to see what other US-based mobile operators do to match the iPhone/iTunes offering.  It may be that eMusic has had similar discussions with other mobile operators---I guess we’ll see.\n\nIn any case I can amuse myself with the thought of the [city][] slickers from eMusic visiting the quiet burb of [Little Rock, Arkansas][Little] (Alltel’s headquarters) to hammer out the deal.  I hope they had a chance to stop by the [Bill Clinton museum][Bill Cl] and catch a glimpse of one of his [saxophones][saxopho].\n\n[eMusic]: http://www.emusic.com/about/pr/index.html\n[Jump Mu]: http://www.alltel.com/axcess/music_details.html?id=4\n[new ser]: http://www.alltel.com/corporate/media/news/07/may/n411may1107a.html \"Alltel Wireless launches Jump Music\"\n[Alltel]: http://www.alltel.com/corporate/\n[candida]: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199500218\n[geograp]: http://www.alltel.com/corporate/media/coverage.html\n[flyover]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyover_country\n[Johnny]: http://swindleeeee.com/2006/10/07/like-burgers-and-fries-johnny-rockets-and-emusic/\n[city]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City\n[Little]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas\n[Bill Cl]: http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/\n[saxopho]: http://clinton4.nara.gov/media/gif/b_sax.gif",
  "title": "eMusic jumps into bed with Alltel"
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