YouTube Music To Launch A New Streaming Service On May 22
YouTube Red subscription service renamed YouTube Premium
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YouTube Music will include “thousands of playlists, the official versions of millions of songs, albums, artist radio and more,” the company said.
Google said its YouTube unit will roll out a new music-streaming service, YouTube Music, on May 22.
In a statement dated Wednesday posted on its official blog, YouTube said its new service would include a “reimagined mobile app” and a new desktop player designed for music.
The service will feature “thousands of playlists, the official versions of millions of songs, albums, artist radio and more.” The new service will be introduced in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea, the company said. It will be expanded more broadly in coming weeks.
“While fans can enjoy the new ad-supported version of YouTube Music for free, we’re also launching YouTube Music Premium, a paid membership that gives you background listening, downloads and an ad-free experience for $9.99 a month,” YouTube said.
In addition, YouTube said it would now call its YouTube Red subscription service YouTube Premium. It will include YouTube Music and existing YouTube Red video programming.
Google’s parent company is Alphabet Inc.
With the coming rollout, the company will dive deeper into a space already populated with other heavyweight players. Earlier this year, Stockholm-based streaming-music service provider Spotify Technology SA went public in New York, while for Apple Inc., music has become a major contributor to its important services segment. YouTube Red is a rival of Netflix Inc.’s and Amazon.com Inc.’s video subscription services, among others.
This article is originally appeared on : The Wall Street Journal
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