Subscription iTunes access could be $10-15 per month tip insiders

Apple’s rumored plans for a subscription music service are once again making headlines, with sources telling The NYPost that the Cupertino company’s iTunes VP Eddy Cue has been in recent talks with major record labels. �The plan, one source suggests, is a range of tiered pricing from $10 to $15 per month, though final decisions on how much access to the iTunes catalog subscribers would have – and how long they would have that access for – are supposedly yet to be made.

For their part, music industry executives are said to be “supportive” of the subscription service, seeing it as a way to counter stagnating single sales. �Microsoft’s deal with Spotify – who have confirmed they will have a Windows Phone 7 client for European subscribers – has apparently reignited both rumors and negotiations. �Apple has declined to comment on the speculation.

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