Google Music Store Chases Apple’s ITunes 8 Years Too Late: Tech - Businessweek

tbd if Google can find some way to get beyond “me too but later…” in music

Google’s new challenge to Apple escalates the rivalry between the two companies, already locked in a fight for smartphone users and mobile-advertising customers. The Internet- search giant also faces budding competition from Amazon.com Inc., which has bolstered its music-download and storage service, and Spotify Ltd., whose partnership with Facebook Inc. has buoyed U.S. membership this year.

“They’re coming into this market rather late in the game, where there are large, established players,” said Ray Valdes, an analyst at Gartner Inc. in San Jose, California. “You can say it’s a saturated market.”

Google Music Store Chases Apple’s ITunes 8 Years Too Late: Tech - Businessweek