AOL Revamps Music Offerings

Starting today AOL has revamped it’s Music Now offering adding 500,000 tracks to its now 2.5 million download library, and subscription services.  Unique to the new AOL service is that subscriptions also include unlimited video downloads.  200 AOL stations and some XM channels have  been integrated into the system along with playlist sharing and other community features.

This AOL move comes as Microsoft’s ZUNE player and download site are about to enter a crowded marketplace alongside MTV’s URGE, Rhapsody, Yahoo!, Napster and more.  AOL will also continue to operate it’s free AOL Music portal which offers many of the same features sans downloads and subscriptions.