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Google Play Gets Movie, TV Show Purchases, Magazines

Chloe Albanesius
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Google today expanded its Google Play lineup, adding the ability to purchase movies and TV shows, as well as magazines.

Google has teamed up with publishers like Condé Nast, Hearst, and Meredith to offer magazines like House Beautiful, Men's Health, Shape and Wired, much like Apple's Newsstand.

The search giant is also adding movie purchases to Google Play. Until now, users could only rent them. For those who want to catch up on their favorite TV show, meanwhile, the Google store will include "thousands" of episodes from broadcast and cable TV shows like Revenge, Parks & Recreation, and Breaking Bad from ABC Studios, NBCUniversal, and Sony Pictures, and more.

"You can play back movies and TV shows on all your Android devices, through Google Play on the web, and on YouTube, and soon we'll bring the experience to Google TV devices," Google said.

Movie purchases, TV shows and magazines are available today on play.google.com, and will roll out to Google Play on devices in the coming days.

In April, Google announced a partnership with Paramount Pictures that made hundreds of movies available for rent on Google Play and YouTube.

As part of its Google I/O developer conference, Google revealed today that it now has 600,000 apps available via Google Play, which have been downloaded more than 20 billion times. To help access all that Google Play content, the company also unveiled the Nexus Q streaming media player.

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Chloe Albanesius

Chloe Albanesius

Executive Editor, News

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I started out covering tech policy in DC for The National Journal, where my beat included state-level tech news and all the congressional hearings and FCC meetings I could handle. I later covered Wall Street trading tech before switching gears to consumer tech. I now lead PCMag's news coverage.

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Getting my start in DC means I still have a soft spot for tech policy; Congressional hearings can sometimes be as entertaining as a Bravo reality show, for better or worse. But PCMag is all about the technology we use every day, as well as keeping an eye out for the trends that will shape the industry in the years ahead (or flop on arrival). I've covered the rise of social media, the iOS vs. Android wars, the cord-cutting revolution that's now left us with hefty streaming bills, and the effort to stuff artificial intelligence into every product you could imagine. This job has taken me to CES in Vegas (one too many times), IFA in Berlin, and MWC in Barcelona. I also drove a Tesla 1,000 miles out west as part of our Best Mobile Networks project. Of late, my focus is on our hard-working team of reporters at PCMag, guiding and editing their robust coverage.

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