socialmedian: Google Launches New Music Search Feature: Partners with MySpace, Lala, Gracenote and Others

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Google Launches New Music Search Feature: Partners with MySpace, Lala, Gracenote and Others

Source: ReadWriteWeb

Oct 28, 2009

Summary

Google just announced the launch of Google Music. This new service is powered by Lala and MySpace's iLike. Other partners include Gracenote and imeem, Pandora and Rhapsody. Google has also partnered with the major music labels: EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music. Through Lala and iLike, Google will also be able to feature music from a large number of independent labels. This new service will only be available in the US for now and will be integrated into the default search results page.

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Rumors about the impending launch of Google's music initiative flared up last week when members of the press received invitations to an event in Los Angeles that was going to feature both iLike and Lala (besides "members of Linkin Park"). Users could already use 'music:' to bring up Google's music search, though Google never promoted this feature and this old feature didn't include the ability to stream music right on the page.

In this new implementation, users can't decide if they they want to see the Lala or the iLike widget. Instead, Google will r