REUTERS is reporting that GOOGLE is set to launch a new feature, in conjunction with major record labels -- UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, WARNER MUSIC GROUP and EMI MUSIC -- "to make it easier to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine, according to two people familiar with the plan."

The report says the labels are 'betting that by making it easier to search for music, they can increase the size of the digital market, which is currently dominated by iTUNES, with about 70% of download sales."

Tech blog TECHCRUNCH first broke the news of the still unnamed project.

Websites iLIKE and LALA reportedly will help with the project, and enable songs to be streamed on the GOOGLE page that will also include a "buy" button, reducinge the number of steps fans need to purchase their favorite songs or albums.

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/ar...-music-venture

I don't know. They might flop. Google Chrome was supposed to beat IE and Firefox. Definitely didn't do that.

i like itunes...

Great. iTunes is so useless and disgusting. Google makes everything better. Chrome is by far the best browser, getting more and more market share every day.

First of all, the whole Google Chrome comment, what is the big deal with it? I downloaded it not 2 months ago, and I don't notice the difference? And I'm going to be sticking with iTunes, it's more convenient than what this will be. It'll probably flop anyway.

No Google Chrome is a search engine

thats a bit unnecesary i think

Google is a search engine, Google Chrome is a web browser :P

Just like the G1 is better than the iPhone? I don't think so. iTunes might be useless/disgusting for you, but there are millions upon millions who would disagree. Google is a great company and so is Apple.

chrome is horrible safari >>>>>>

Google Chrome is good!

Super quick launch, ace downloading and the incognito window.
The only flaw: the scrolling agility. Really sucks big time!

And one more thing, Google Chrome doesnt hold data pages (i. e. RSS live feeds for iTunes ).

^ agree. Google Chrome is very good. I find its beauty & convinience more than the others. Love the *theme* one.

iTunes new version which is applied without pop. bars is such a flop.

Hmmm, sounds interesting.

BTW, Chrome owns EVERY browser.

it woulld be interesting to see what google does but its gonna be really hard to do better than iTunes in my opinion

So iTunes will finally have some competition. That's good. iTunes are irritating.

Google running it? Not so good. Taking over every facet of your internet life one step at a time...

If you don't use Google chrome or Firefox, then you are not getting the best internet experience. Chrome is better than Firefox but I don't feel like trying to find all my add on's all over again on chrome so I still use Firefox.

Google never flops with anything. Google chrome gets more people every day. It takes time to catch on.

To revolutionize the music industry they need to stop having different stores for different countries. The music you download should be available in FLAC and 320kbps mp3. Once you "own" a song you should always be able to download it again. The store should be web based and not force you to download any software.

Software is not such a big deal to me. It is quality and price. Why should I ever pay 99 cents for a song that I can get for free in better quality?

Yeah I don't know why iTunes doesn't offer CD quality downloads. Their music video downloads are also a joke. Sometimes even YouTube has a higher quality version.