• The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:12 PM

Backing up earlier reports, unnamed sources are telling The Wall Street Journal that Google is preparing to roll out a music download service tied to its search engine later this year, followed by an online subscription service in 2011. "Google's proposals [to music industry execs] are still vague, say these people, and it's unclear whether it has struck any deals with record labels so far," The Journal reports.

"But Google has been stepping up conversations about offering new music services tied to phones running its Android operating system along with the broader Web, said people who have been briefed on the talks." Citing multiple unnamed music industry sources, CNet last week reported that Google could debut its own music service as early as the fall. Last month, the search giant gave attendees to its I/O conference a demonstration of a Web-based iTunes competitor.

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