71.   Moby Disc, a store that sells used and new music, has been swallowed by an Oregon online music retailer.

72.   Microsoft is planning to reveal its own online music plan later this week, but officials at the software giant were divulging few details yesterday.

73.   More generally some sort of compromise about online music is likely.

74.   Meanwhile, online music bothers some more than others.

75.   Napster, the once popular free online music service, reached its own agreement with the publishers last month.

76.   Not long ago, the online music world was sparsely populated by about a dozen companies straining to be heard in the wilderness.

77.   Now there are legal online music services that resemble the singles-buying experience.

78.   Once a small band of self-professed renegades, online music companies are getting legitimate or changing the way they do business.

79.   Online music retailers, for instance, are scrambling to amass as many affiliates as possible.

80.   Online music retailer CDnow.com and gift-seller Ashford.com also plan to jump-start the season weeks before consumers begin basting their Thanksgiving turkeys.