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Facebook Hears The Music

In the wake of news that Google's getting into the music biz and MySpace's stated music strategy, Facebook is announcing that it will start selling music as gifts through its Gift Shop. Notably, it's partnering with Lala to provide the songs -- the same company with which Google is partnering in its own venture.

"You now will be able to purchase songs as gifts for your friends ... The 'Music and MP3s' section of the Gift Shop, powered by LaLa.com, offers over 8 million songs for any music lover from artists such as Beyonce, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Imogen Heap and even Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart," says Will Chen, a software engineer at Facebook. "Web songs are 1 credit each, while full, downloadable, and digital rights management-free (DRM) MP3s are 9 credits each."

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