The Wall Street Journal is speculating that Google is planning a music download service.

Google is renowned for shaking up established business models, sending game changing earthquakes through established markets.  It is too early to determine if this will be a good or a bad thing, but it will surely up the ante in Apple’s fight against Google.

Google Plans Music Service Tied to Search Engine – WSJ.com.

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This article sees the end of printed journalism and a collapse in paid journalism if the push to online delivery continues – primarily due to the decreased attractiveness to advertisers while other costs remain very similar to the publisher.

What do you think?

Beecher: the iPad won’t save newspapers – Crikey.

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iTWire – 10.6 million Australians watched 934 million online videos in January.

Australia is a rapidly growing market for online video distribution.  What will this mean to traditional bricks and mortar distribution models?

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