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ITunes crosses language barrier with Foreign Exchange
Apple's iTunes Music Store is introducing a new original programming feature designed to promote foreign-language music in its stores around the world, Billboard has learned. The program is called Foreign Exchange. Under the initiative, two artists from different countries translate and cover each other's music in their native tongues. (06/06) Read
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