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Beats Music bets on 'living, breathing' humans

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Beats Music bets on 'living, breathing' humans Beats Music aims to compete with other Web-streaming services with more human curation of its music lists. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Beats Music is the latest entry in Web music streaming Service is backed by music-industry heavyweights like Iovine, Reznor Service launched Tuesday, will cost $10 per month with no free option (CNN) -- Is there room for one more music-streaming service on the Web? Some music-industry heavyweights are betting the answer is "yes." Beats Music, an offshoot of the uber-successful headphone company Beats Electronics, launched on Tuesday with a focus on mobile. It's available for Apple's iPhone and iPods, Android devices and Windows phones. A specialized iPad version is in the works. It enters a crowded landscape populated with the likes of Pandora and Spotify, Rhapsody and Rdio and numerous other competitors. The difference, according to its creator...