'NY Daily News' to Offer Free Music Downloads

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By: E&P Staff The New York Daily News is offering free music downloads from EMI in a February promotional campaign.

On Feb. 3 and Feb. 10 -- the dates of the Super Bowl and Grammy Awards respectively -- the Daily News will include an insert printed with an access code that will allow readers to download three free songs from an EMI catalog of 120,000 tracks.

The insert will drive readers to the paper's Web site. Readers will also get the opportunity to hear the unreleased Ringo Starr song "It's Love."

"The Daily News's impressive Sunday readership gives EMI a great chance to showcase our talented family of artists to the large and diverse population of New York city and surrounding areas," Ronn Werre, executive vice president of global sales at EMI Music, said in a statement. "Our agreement with the Daily News will help us expose new audiences to the ease and quality of digital music while ensuring our artists are compensated for the music they create."

According to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Sunday circulation at the Daily News is 726,305 for the six-months ending September 2007.

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