leak. google online music service plans.

NME is reporting that Google has approached multiple record labels about launching a service that would charge consumers about $25 a year to store songs in the cloud in addition to a having a more conventional download store. The locker also offers social networking features, such as allowing users to send playlists to fellow subscribers, entitling those users to listen to each song in its entirety once. Google would also make available a web-based music player and a mobile application for playback of tracks from the cloud-based locker. If they play their cards right, they might be able to gain ground Apple, like Bing has gained ground on them.