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Are You Using Songza Yet?

Songza, the app that helps coordinate your music with your mood, is huge hit in Canada with more than one million users.  

Not using Songza yet?  Then check out this National Post article.  Then go download it.

As online music services from Spotify Ltd. to Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox Music angle for the public’s ears, a U.S. startup is tracking impressive user growth in Canada with its offering of on-demand tunes organized into playlists based around mood, time of day or activity.

In a little more than two months, a million Canadians — just less than 3% of the population — have signed up for Songza Media Inc.’s streaming music service even as the company works out exactly how it’s going to pay artists’ royalties, keep the service free and still turn a profit.

The Long Island City, N.Y.-based startup said Thursday that more than one million Canadians have registered to use Songza online and through mobile applications in the 70 days since it launched in this country.

Read the rest here.

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