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By: Apple Buys Music Service Lala, at a Fire Sale Price

Apple Buys Music Service Lala, at a Fire Sale Price — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:12:02 +0000

[...] to replays–not downloads–for 10 cents a track. But while the service recently got a boost via Google’s (GOOG) new music search offering, where it’s one of two featured partners, it doesn’t have a huge customer base to sell, which [...]

By: Apple Buys Music Site Lala for Around $80 Million | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:33:31 +0000

[...] was a streaming music service that sold access to songs for 10 cents apiece. But despite a recent promotional deal with Google (GOOG), the company appeared unlikely to succeed on its [...]

By: Confirmed: Apple in Talks to Buy Music Service LaLa | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:11:23 +0000

[...] but not downloads — for 10 cents a track. But while the service recently got a boost via Google’s (GOOG) new music search offering, where it’s one of two featured partners, it doesn’t have a huge customer base to sell [...]

By: Is Google Dinging Music Search Results With Promo Songs?

Is Google Dinging Music Search Results With Promo Songs? — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:02:12 +0000

[...] Some initial assessments of Google’s music search compared it with the results that come back when a user searches for a stock ticker, with basic financial information highlighted and links to the search giant’s own finance page as well as several others such as Yahoo and CNN Money, presented without obvious favoritism. But by allowing a music vendor or a record label to choose what comes up first in a music search, Google is actually allowing promotional material to intrude on its putatively neutral results — and compromising them, too. [...]

By: Exclusive: Microsoft’s MSN Is in Early Talks With MySpace About Music Tie-Up « Tech7.Net

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:26:48 +0000

[...] it was recently reported that both Google and Facebook were bolstering music search and sales offerings, and Google’s apparently includes the use of the iLike [...]

By: Exclusive: Microsoft’s MSN Is in Early Talks With MySpace About Music Tie-Up | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:34:54 +0000

[...] it was recently reported that both Google and Facebook were bolstering music search and sales offerings and Google’s apparently includes the use of the iLike [...]

By: Google Gets Closer To Music

Google Gets Closer To Music — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:21:13 +0000

[...] handle streams or a-la-carte fulfilment. Subsequently, this fits well with Google’s insistence “that it has no intention of getting into the content business”. Hmmm, so YouTube is not in the content business? Could have fooled [...]

By: EpicTrendz » Blog Archive » How Will Google’s Rumored Music Service Work? (Updated: Oh, Like This) [Google]

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:03:59 +0000

[...] Peter Kafka at AllThingsD has some sources of his own, all of whom seem to want to pee on our parade: Sources describe the [...]

By: Google pretende integrar streaming de música de terceiros nos resultados de pesquisa | Remixtures

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:22:45 +0000

[...] o MediaMemo, a ideia da Google é criar um motor de pesquisa especializado em música em que o utilizador [...]

By: Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:29:57 +0000

proof that google is in trouble with its core search product

By: Helvetica vs. Times » How Will Google’s Rumored Music Service Work? (Updated: Oh, Like This):

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:51:48 +0000

[...] Peter Kafka at AllThingsD has some sources of his own, all of whom seem to want to pee on our [...]

By: First Screenshots Of Google’s Music Service | Gizmodo Australia

First Screenshots Of Google’s Music Service | Gizmodo Australia — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:44:03 +0000

[...] Techcrunch has a few shots of the service, which give a pretty good idea of how it’ll work: You, Anonymous Google User, will search for music. Google will return a special search page template with artist info, album listings and cover art — this is something they’ve been doing for a while now. The crucial difference is, you’ll be able to listen to songs, either as samples or in full, by way of a iLike and LaLa player widgets, directly from the results. (It could be more — Kafka says Imeem’s joining in as well) [...]

By: First Screenshots of Google’s Music Service [Rumor] | Hirdyz Emporium

First Screenshots of Google’s Music Service [Rumor] | Hirdyz Emporium — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:59:19 +0000

[...] LaLa player widgets, directly from the results. (It could be more—Kafka says Imeem’s joining in as well) iLike is a music discovery service-cum-music store, which streams samples for free, and sells [...]

By: Zzzzzz… « Eaten by Some Linux (or Something)

Zzzzzz… « Eaten by Some Linux (or Something) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:53:14 +0000

[...] out they probably haven’t. It’s even more boring than we thought. It’s like a really lame version of Last.fm or [...]

By: Google Audio - Search, Stream and Buy Music | GadgetyNews.com

Google Audio - Search, Stream and Buy Music | GadgetyNews.com — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:27:55 +0000

[...] Kafka over at AllThingsD seems to have his own sources who seem to know a lot more: Sources describe the service, which [...]