Dawn C. Chmielewski in the San Jose Merc has perhaps the best look at Yahoo's announcement that it is entering the online-music subscription biz today, with a service that drastically undercuts Napster and Real. Yahoo will charge an introductory monthly rate of $6.99 to subscribe to a trial version of Yahoo Music Unlimited.

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