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Lala to Offer Artists More Customized Google Music Search

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2009 - 11:41am.

San Francisco - Artists will eventually be able to use online music service Lala's platform to point users searching Google (NASD: GOOG) to specific content of their choosing, as well as sell products other than MP3s via search results, Lala co-founder Bill Nguyen told CNET News.com. Lala, along with iLike and several other online music services, recently partnered with Google to provide streaming songs and links to their services within Google search results.

tags: Music | Search | Google | Lala |

Will Google Music Onebox be a Success?

Authored by Jay Baage on October 30, 2009 - 5:51am.

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Google Debuts Music Search Feature with Lala, iLike

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 29, 2009 - 8:11am.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on Wednesday the launch of a new music-focused search feature, "OneBox," which adds streaming songs via Lala and MySpace's (NYSE: NWS) iLike, along with links to an artist's website. Along with Lala and iLike, Google will also include links to digital music services Pandora, imeem and Rhapsody (NASD: RNWK). The feature will in many cases allow users to listen to the full song they are searching for right there from the search results page; licensing issues mean that some songs will only feature 30-second samples, and that subsequent searches after a song is streamed in full once will only provide a 30-second sample.

iLike's Ali Partovi on a New Golden Era for Music

Authored by Jay Baage on October 26, 2009 - 12:17pm.

DMW Vlog: In anticipation of the secretive Oct. 28 event hosted by Google (probably), LaLa, iLike and others at Capitol Studios in LA to DISCOVER MUSIC!, here's a exclusive short video interview DMW's Jay Baage did a few weeks ago with Ali Partovi, CEO & Co-Founder, iLike, at Digital Music Forum West. In it, Partovi talks about a new golden era for music, what iLike will bring to MySpace, which recently acquired the company, and where he sees iLike and MySpace going from here (new verticals etc).

Reports: Google, Lala, iLike Teaming on Music Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2009 - 8:34am.

San Francisco - Google (NASD: GOOG) is gearing up to launch a new music-related search service, likely called One Box, according to published reports. CNET News.com reports that One Box will organize music-related search query results, to include artist bios, videos and song samples from partners Lala and MySpace-owned iLike -- which have licensing deals with the major labels.

Along With Apple, Amazon MP3, Others Hike Digital Song Prices

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2009 - 8:39am.

Seattle - While Apple (NASD: AAPL) got the most coverage for launching variable pricing yesterday at the iTunes Store, where top songs may now be priced at $1.29 and catalog tracks at 69 cents, the change affected much of the rest of the digital music retail market, with similar price hikes seen at Amazon MP3 (NASD: AMZN), RealNetworks' (NASD: RNWK) Rhapsody, Walmart.com (NYSE: WMT) ($1.24) and Lala.

Lala Offers Unlimited, Ad-Free Streaming for $0.10 Per Song

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2008 - 9:22am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Lala on Tuesday launched what it says is the first free digital music streaming service that is also free of advertising. In addition to streaming any of the service's over 6 million songs from all four majors and over 170,000 independents one time for free, users can pay 10 cents per song to add them to a "Web collection," where they can then stream them an unlimited number of times from any Internet-connected device.

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Lala.com Disables iTunes Library Streaming Feature

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 6, 2007 - 1:52pm.

Los Angeles - Lala.com, an online marketplace that lets users swap CDs and recently launched a feature allowing users to stream their complete iTunes libraries from an online locker, has taken the new streaming feature offline indefinitely, Ars Technica reported.