Google’s video site also adds section to website and apps aimed at boosting views of music videos. YouTube, which touts itself as already the biggest digital music service in the world, is finally taking the wraps off its delayed ad-free music subscription service — challenging a field of rivals including Apple and Spotify. At first, YouTube Music Key will be available on an invite-only basis to the Google site’s “biggest music fans,” who will have access to it free for six months. Then YouTube will offer the service at a promotional price of $7.99 per month (regularly $9.99 monthly) that provides ad-free music, background playback if another app is launched, and offline viewing.
