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Streaming is about to get a lot more interesting with the new YouTube Music

May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Songza, Streaming, YouTube Music, YouTube Red

YouTube was trying to keep something secret until a grand unveiling on Tuesday, but there was a leak. It has

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, April 2, 2016

April 2, 2016April 1, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment 90s Music, Bill Murray, Madonna, Nickelback, Ramones, Royal Opera, Songza, Uganda, Vanilla Ice

April Fool’s Day is over for another year. Good. It’s a stupid tradition. Here’s some truthful and real msuic news.

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Music News 

Songza Died Sunday Night. It Was a Slice.

February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 Alan Cross 14 Comments Google Play Music, Merger, Songza

For a couple of years, Songza was the most popular of all the streaming music services available in Canada. Some

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Music Industry 

Rdio Died Last Night. Songza Is Next. Sort Of.

December 23, 2015December 23, 2015 Alan Cross 4 Comments Google Play Music, Rdio, Songza, Streaming

Rdio died last night, the victim of takeover by Pandora. If you were a user–I was–I hope you managed to

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Music Industry 

Songza: So Long and Thanks for All the Lists

December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Google Play Music, Songza, Streaming Music

When Songza, a music streaming service powered by human curated playlists, was purchased by Google about 18 months ago, there

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for September 18, 2014

September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barbra Streisand, David Bowie, John Peel, Metallica, Polaris Music Prize, Songza, U2

Well, Scotland? What will it be? September 23 has been declared David Bowie Day in Chicago. Insert cliched “Let’s Dance”

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Music News 

Streaming Is the Future: Get Over It.

August 30, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beats, Songza, Streaming Music Services

This was a very, very bad week for album sales in the US.  In fact, it was a bleak time

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Tech 

YouTube’s Plan for Music Becoming More Clear

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Google, Music Play Key, Songza, YouTube

The biggest online source for music in this arm of the Milky Way is YouTube.  Add together all the other

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Tech 

Here’s Why You Should Try Songza

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Google, Music Discovery, Music Streaming Services, Songza

Okay, okay, I’m biased because I work for Songza.  While the Songza Canada team are in New York getting Googlized

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Tech 

Google Acquired By Songza! Wait. I May Have That Backwards.

July 1, 2014July 3, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Acquisition, Google, Purchase, Songza

Okay, the secret’s out.  After the markets closed Tuesday, it was announced that Google has acquired Songza (Full disclosure: I

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Tech 

The Songza Interview

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments RAIN, Songza, Streaming Music Services

RAIN published this interview with Songza CEO Elias Roman yesterday.  Yes, I work for the company as head of curation

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