Starbucks to give away 50M songs on iTunes

Starting October 2nd to November 7th Starbucks will be giving away Song of the Day cards to it's customers in all of it's coffee houses to promote a new wireless iTunes music service that is about to debut in some of it's markets. The cards can be redeemed in the online iTunes store and artists include Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox and Dave Matthews.

Starbucks is also going to start selling cards that allow a full album of music and bonus material to be downloaded. Along with that the will start selling a limited edition reloadable purchasing card that includes two free itunes downloads when customers register their cards online