YouTube to Launch New Music-Streaming Service

An ad-supported version of YouTube Music will be free, while an ad-free version will cost $9.99 a month

YouTube has long been the world’s most popular music service—and one of the music industry’s biggest headaches.

Now amid increasing competition from Spotify Technology SA and pressure from music companies, the Alphabet Inc. unit will try to persuade people to pay a monthly fee for an unlimited supply of music.

But the service will be primarily...