Google Music Debuts, Adding Competition for iTunes
- Google has expanded into music, television and movies to help promote its Android smartphone operating system and marketplace
- Also will let users share music on its Google+ social network
- The service will offer reviews, band information and exclusive content from artists
- Users will get 90 second previews for songs before they buy it.
- For a one-time $25 fee, Google also is allowing artists to create pages to display videos, bios and sell self-published music.
- Some songs are free, while others cost 69 cents to $1.29. The service will work closely with T-Mobile USA Inc., letting that carriers’ customers pay for tracks on their phone bills.
- Google competes in the smartphone market by letting manufacturers customize the Android system for their hardware.
- Still, Google may have a harder time narrowing Apple’s music lead, given the longer head start and how established iTunes has become.
- iTunes customers have downloaded 16 billion songs.
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