RealNetworks Inc.'s MusicNet has teamed up with Bertlesmann, EMI and WMG to offer songs in the Windows
Media format created by its rival, Microsoft Corp.
MusicNet is counting on the addition of Windows Media to help it win distribution deals from companies that don't want to use Real's format. This is also an opportunity for MusicNet's main distributor, AOL, to shift its version of MusicNet to Windows Media.