Google Planning China Online Music Tie
By REUTERS
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc is planning to boost its presence in China by tying up with a Chinese online music company to provide free music downloads, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The report, quoting people close to the situation, said Google was in the late planning stages of a venture and will likely offer access to tunes from three global music companies as well as dozens of smaller brands.
The service could start in the next several weeks barring any last-minute problems, it said.
The move would come as Google struggles to wrestle market share from Baidu.com Inc, which dominates the Chinese search market and offers music search.
Google representatives were not immediately available for comment.
China's search engine market reached 946.6 million yuan ($131 million) in the fourth quarter -- almost double from a year earlier, according to a research firm.
Baidu.com led the market in the fourth quarter with a 60.1 percent share, said Analysys International, while Google came second with a 25.9 percent share, followed by Yahoo China with 9.6 percent.
(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
中文：
纽约（路透社）--据华尔街日报报道，网络搜索巨头Google（谷歌）为增加其在华影响，正计划与一家中国在线音乐公司合作，提供免费音乐下载。
该报道引用知情人士的话，说Google的这项商业投机活动已经进行到后期，提供的音乐链接将有可能来自全球三大唱片公司以及一些规模小点的公司。
报道称，没有突发状况的话，这项服务将在近几周内启动。
Google的这项举动是为了与主导中文搜索市场并提供音乐搜索的百度争夺市场份额。
Google的发言人并没有立即对此发表意见和回应。
根据一家调研公司的数据，中国搜索引擎市场在第四季度达到了9.466亿元（1.31亿美元）的规模-跟前一年比，几乎翻了一倍。
据易观国际（Analysys International）称，百度在第四季度占市场份额的60.1%，Google占25.9%排第二，第三是雅虎中国拥有9.6%的市场份额。
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By REUTERS
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc is planning to boost its presence in China by tying up with a Chinese online music company to provide free music downloads, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The report, quoting people close to the situation, said Google was in the late planning stages of a venture and will likely offer access to tunes from three global music companies as well as dozens of smaller brands.
The service could start in the next several weeks barring any last-minute problems, it said.
The move would come as Google struggles to wrestle market share from Baidu.com Inc, which dominates the Chinese search market and offers music search.
Google representatives were not immediately available for comment.
China's search engine market reached 946.6 million yuan ($131 million) in the fourth quarter -- almost double from a year earlier, according to a research firm.
Baidu.com led the market in the fourth quarter with a 60.1 percent share, said Analysys International, while Google came second with a 25.9 percent share, followed by Yahoo China with 9.6 percent.
(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
中文：
纽约（路透社）--据华尔街日报报道，网络搜索巨头Google（谷歌）为增加其在华影响，正计划与一家中国在线音乐公司合作，提供免费音乐下载。
该报道引用知情人士的话，说Google的这项商业投机活动已经进行到后期，提供的音乐链接将有可能来自全球三大唱片公司以及一些规模小点的公司。
报道称，没有突发状况的话，这项服务将在近几周内启动。
Google的这项举动是为了与主导中文搜索市场并提供音乐搜索的百度争夺市场份额。
Google的发言人并没有立即对此发表意见和回应。
根据一家调研公司的数据，中国搜索引擎市场在第四季度达到了9.466亿元（1.31亿美元）的规模-跟前一年比，几乎翻了一倍。
据易观国际（Analysys International）称，百度在第四季度占市场份额的60.1%，Google占25.9%排第二，第三是雅虎中国拥有9.6%的市场份额。
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