Apple buying Lala?

[ztirffritz]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ax4zVVSzx8XM&pos=6

i think that a newspaper/magazine subscriptions are coming, why not lump music into there as well?

[guitarist]

But then the music would be lumpy, wouldn't it?

[Monster]

it's only a matter of time, the signs have been in the news lately.

[ztirffritz]

It would make a lot more sense with a an 'always-on' internet connected device, such as an iPhone or a not-yet-released internet tablet. They could cut storage quite a bit to lower the cost but maintain the margins because you're goes with you wherever you have a connection.

[ztirffritz]

It's a done deal. Terms were not disclosed, but the rumor mill says that the Lala owners approached Apple about a deal when they realized that they could not operate profitably in the short term.

http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/s...?ana=yfcpc

[tahoedrew]

No one's mentioned, and I think, it's just another pawn in the growing Apple vs. Google chess game.

The article mentions that Google implemented the Lala buy option into their search results recently, that's where I was first exposed to the service.

~A