Today we're issuing a press release about Zune's launch date and price: November 14 in the U.S.; $249.99. Many people have asked about Zune Marketplace: A ZunePass (giving you access to millions of songs) will cost you $14.99 per month. If you want to buy a song individually it'll cost you 79 Microsoft Points (or 99 cents). My buddy Richard and I have talked before about pre-loaded content. Here's the full list: Audio Tracks · Band of Horses, “Wicked Gil” (Sub Pop Records) · Bitter:Sweet, “The Mating...

Robbie Bach, the guy who runs the division that Zune is in, gave a presentation yesterday to all of Microsoft's financial analysts (Robbie is the president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, and reports directly to Steve). I posted yesterday about Steve Ballmer's take on Zune, and now here's Robbie's. Finally, one of the things that we just announced last week is a move into the music and video space in portable entertainment, something we call Zune. I want to spend a few moments here talking...