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AOL, XM Satellite to start Web radio service

America Online Monday announced plans to launch a Web-based radio service with XM Satellite Radio in a move that may help XM win customers from AOL’s 24 million subscribers.

The service, which will offer about 200 channels streamed over the Web in CD-quality sound for a monthly fee, will combine existing stations from both partners and will begin to roll out this summer.

The service, which will cost an estimated $5 a month, will be available for free to AOL’s current paying subscribers. AOL is a unit of Time Warner Inc. , the world’s largest media company.

XM Radio subscribers will have access only to XM’s online stations, but some AOL programming will be available on XM’s stations.

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