eMusic tops 300k users, now 2nd to iTunes

Reported on tuaw.com:

eMusic announced today that its subscriber base has now topped 300,000 users. This makes it the second largest online music service after iTunes according to this Sys-Con report. The eMusic catalog contains 2.5 million tracks from over 13,000 labels which are distributed in MP3 format without DRM. eMusic specializes in independent labels, providing many artists and tracks not available on iTunes.

I have been a subscriber to eMusic since early 2005 and I must say it is really awesome! I love the fact that you can keep your music (you download it, you own it) and that it is DRM-free. It works with any mp3 software and player (iPod included). With eMusic and iTunes, you can get the music you want for the price you want. If you have not checked it out yet, you must!