Google’s Schmidt to Tap Korean Music Boom With YouTube Channel
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Google Inc. may start a video streaming service on YouTube for South Korean pop music, tapping the genre’s worldwide popularity.
The channel on Google’s free video site would help spread the “Korean Wave” and cement ties between the world’s largest search engine operator and South Korea, Chairman Eric Schmidt told South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in a meeting in Seoul today, according to a statement from Lee’s office. No timetable for the service was included. Lee asked Schmidt to “actively” cooperate with South Korean technology companies.