Starbucks Hear Music Added to iTunes

Coffee house chain Starbucks said Thursday it had signed an agreement with Apple Computer to make its Hear Music offerings available through the iTunes service. The company acquired Hear Music in 1999, and the agreement would set up a separate store within iTunes. The area would include playlists created by the same people responsible with programming the music heard in the company's shops worldwide.

"Millions of people enjoy the great music featured at Starbucks locations worldwide, and ask us for it by name," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "Starbucks Hear Music has been a hit with music fans and we're thrilled to add a Starbucks area to iTunes with all this great music online for the first time."