There were excitable reports overnight that Google is about to launch its own music service. That is seemingly not the case. However, what Google IS doing is preparing to unveil richer music features within its main search engine.Essentially, when users search for band names, they'll bring up a “One Box” including a photo, biographical info and an option to stream preview clips and/or full streams from partners including Lala and iLike. There will also be prominent Buy MP3 buttons.All four major labels are thought to be supporting the initiative. TechCrunch has screenshots, while Hypebot has an invite to a launch event next Wednesday. But Google isn't the only Web 2.0 giant making waves in music this week.As predicted, music is set to be one of the key planks in MySpace's comeback strategy. The social network has announced several new music-related services, including its own music video portal: MySpace Music Videos.The site will host videos from all its existing licensing partners, and will offer recommendations to users based on what their friends are watching – complete with Buy buttons. There will also be artist-skinned video players that will offer all their videos together.Separately, MySpace has launched the MySpace Artist Dashboard, which [...]
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