Yao Ming and Google to Offer Free Music Service in China
From RollingStone.com today:
Google and Houston Rockets’ star center Yao Ming have teamed up to launch a new music service in China that will allow users to freely download licensed songs. China is already rife with music piracy, so Google figures that if people are gonna get their music for free, might as well make some ad revenue off, which the site will share with the music industry. Google linked up with Top100.cn, a site co-founded by basketball star Ming, to allow users to search and download thousands of artists and songs. As advertised on the website, you can now download Kelis’ The Hits, Deep Forest and 酷玩乐队, which is evidently Coldplay in Chinese.
Source: RollingStone.com
August 6th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Godzilla says:
Yao and music? Somehow I don’t a stiff like Yao ever being into music.
August 6th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
doc says:
More money for Yao.
August 6th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
doc says:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz69y_1er-match-de-drobinson-au-csp-33-sport
August 7th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Promoman says:
This actually is a smart move. The music & entertainment industry really missed the party when Napster started the Age of Downloading. It’s tough to beat free but there may be niche there business-wise
August 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Jimmy says:
Yao dont go bankrupt now