5 Sites Keeping You Tuned Into Online Music

The wide world of online music now offers a range of ways to stream your tunes, from pay sites to musical social-networking services. It’s hard to tell which will stick around, but experts say they may help save the music industry, CNN reports. A sampling:

• Napster: It’s back and it’s legal, and for $5 a month, you can stream 7 million songs and download five.

• eMusic: Indie fans pay $11.99 a month for 24 downloads, with 35 songs free when they first sign up.
• Pandora: Type the name of your favorite band—this site makes a radio station playing tunes in that artist’s style.
• imeem: It’s “the digital revival of the mixtape,” writes John D. Sutter. Listen for free and make playlists for your friends.
• The Hype Machine: This site collects songs from music blogs around the Internet, creating one feed for all of them.

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