Google is reportedly developing a music download service to launch later this year, by a “cloud”-based subscription service in 2011. Dow Jones Newswires cites people familiar with the Internet giant’s discussions with the music industry, saying the service will be tied to its search services. Google hasn’t made any specific proposals yet, but the nature […]
Google is reportedly developing a music download service to launch later this year, by a “cloud”-based subscription service in 2011. Dow Jones Newswires cites people familiar with the Internet giant’s discussions with the music industry, saying the service will be tied to its search services.
Google hasn’t made any specific proposals yet, but the nature of discussions with music companies suggest the Internet giant is likely to roll out its music services in two phases, said people who have been briefed on the talks. The launch of Google’s download music store is still months away, the Dow Jones sources said.
22/06/2010
The launch of a Google music store would increase competition with Apple, witht the two digital giants already competing in a number of areas, most prominently through mobile operating systems.
Google and Apple declined to comment for the Dow Jones report.
The first phase of Google’s music service is expected to be a Web store where users can buy and download tracks, music industry insiders said.
It will be tied directly to Google’s search engine, so that people using Google.com to look for a particular group or song will be served a link to the company’s music store, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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