Google To Unveil Music Search

Google will launch music search pages next
week that will come with the ability to purchase songs for
download.
That's according to people familiar with the matter. They spoke
to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they
aren't authorized to speak publicly about the deal before next
Wednesday's announcement.
The people say the package is similar to how companies get
individual pages for Google Inc.'s financial news service. The
music page will package a musician's or band's image, artwork, news
and song previews, along with a way to buy songs.
Song previews and sales come from Lala and iLike, a music
recommendation application bought by News Corp.'s MySpace this
month.
One person told the AP that major recording companies pitched
the idea to Google a year ago.

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