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Yandex Launches Yandex.Radio, A Curated Free Music Service For Russian Users
Amid reports that Russia will be one of the first countries to get access to the new music service that Apple is reportedly launching next week, Russian search giant Yandex is enhancing its own. Today...
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Jelli Raises $21M From Intel, iHeartMedia, UMG And More For Its “AdWords For...
Jelli, makers of an ad platform for radio broadcasters to digitise how they fill space on their airwaves — think “AdWords for audio” — has raised a $21 million round of funding to grow its business as...
View ArticleTuneIn Launches TuneIn Premium With Ad-Free Radio, Audiobooks, MLB Games
Popular radio service and app TuneIn just launched a new subscription service. For $7.99 per month, TuneIn Premium subscribers get a bunch of new premium content as well as a nifty ad-free feature....
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Trademark Filings Point To More Beats Radio Stations Coming To Apple Music
Just-spotted trademark applications from Apple-owned Beats Electronics, LLC point to Apple’s plans to introduce more live streaming radio stations to its Apple Music service to accompany its 24-hour...
View ArticleGovernment’s refusal to recognize the rise of independent contractors is...
The workforce of the 21st century has been changing for years. Government, only recently perceiving the movement from a traditional workforce to an independent contractor model, is stifling...
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Ad-free Pandora Plus launches to all, along with a new company logo
Pandora is not taking today’s debut of Amazon’s new, on-demand music streaming service lying down. The company has conveniently timed the launch of its own new paid tier, Pandora Plus, to coincide with...
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Estimote uses their new mesh network of BLE beacons to decorate a yuletide tree
Everyone knows the holiday season means three things: family, friends and interconnected low-energy Bluetooth devices connected using a simple mesh network. Estimote, a beacon company, has given us the...
View ArticleRadio.Garden lets you tune into the globe
Some of the most beautiful products are the simplest. Take Radio.Garden, for example. This project by Golo Föllmer at Martin-Luther University Halle displays a photorealistic globe full of green dots....
View ArticleFaced with criticism, Norway moves forward on plan to phase out FM radio
Norway’s plan to end FM radio kicks off today, as planned. The move will shift the country’s remaining national analog stations to Digital Audio Broadcasting by year’s end, part of a cost-saving...
View ArticlePandora falls 4% on earnings news
Internet music giant Pandora fell 4 percent in initial after-hours trading after the company released its fourth-quarter 2016 earnings results. Pandora actually beat expectations, but this was already...
View ArticleWatch Microsoft Accelerator’s Tel Aviv demo day right here
TechCrunch is pleased to offer Microsoft Accelerator’s Tel Aviv demo day event today at 6:30 p.m. local time, 8:30 a.m. PST. The Microsoft Accelerator is an immersive three- to six-month program aimed...
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Plexamp, Plex’s spin on the classic Winamp player, is the first project from...
Media software maker Plex, which has been enjoying a bit of growth following its newer focus on DIY cord-cutters, today announced a new incubator and community resource called Plex Labs. The idea here...
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iHome debuts a Google Assistant-powered clock radio, the iGV1
Amazon’s Echo Spot, introduced late last year, smartly combined the power of Alexa with a more traditional clock radio type form factor and interface, complete with a screen for video viewing and...
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TuneIn launches a discounted audio subscription for Alexa owners and Prime...
TuneIn, the free radio service that allows you to stream news, sports, music and podcasts, is today rolling out a new subscription offering for Alexa customers in the U.S. TuneIn Live, as the premium...
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iHeartRadio opens up its playlists to all users with launch of Playlist Radio
iHeartRadio is best known for its free service offering thousands of live, streaming AM and FM radio stations and its ability to create your own custom station, similar to Pandora. Today, the company...
View ArticlePandora and iHeartRadio subscription streams to impact Billboard’s charts
Billboard will begin using Pandora Premium and iHeartRadio subscription streams to inform its Billboard 100 and Billboard 200 charts, along with other streaming-inclusive charts, the company announced...
View ArticlePandora-powered channels will come to SiriusXM’s app this year
SiriusXM this week offered a few more details on how it plans to leverage its newest asset, Pandora, following its $3.5 billion acquisition of the streaming music service last year, which officially...
View ArticleSiriusXM and Pandora launch Pandora NOW, the first Pandora station that...
More changes are coming to Pandora, following the $3.5 billion acquisition by SiriusXM last year. The company today launched a new station called Pandora NOW, powered by Pandora listener data, which is...
View ArticleNetflix partners with Sirius XM on new comedy channel, ‘Netflix Is A Joke’
For the first time, Netflix is making its content available to another subscription media service. The company announced today it will bring segments from its popular stand-up specials, plus other...
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Spotify’s leanback instant listening app Stations hits iOS
Spotify has launched its instant listening app Stations on iOS, but only in Australia for the time being. The release comes nearly a year and a half after the Stations app first arrived on the market,...
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