“With Google’s acquisition of music-streaming service Songza, the search leader is going up against Pandora Media and Apple in a market expected to top $2 billion this year,” Kevin Shalvey reports for Investor’s Business Daily.
“The Songza service will put Google in competition with Internet-radio leader Pandora, which already has had to contend with an influx of competitors,” Shalvey reports. “They include Spotify, Sirius XM and Apple ‘s iTunes Radio.”
Shalvey reports, “U.S. advertisers this year are expected to pay $2.04 billion for online and mobile radio services, up 23.2%, according to research firm eMarketer.”
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Google acquires Songza music streaming service – July 1, 2014
We’ll return to some more wonderfully personalized commercials after this song. KGOOG, maximum commercials, minimum annoying music.
Not to mention the fact that a: the streaming services don’t pay artists shit, so, b: Google is essentially co-opting other people’s creative work for (after the acquisition) free to serve their shitty ads. This company is the lowest of the low. I so wish our DOJ had any spine to speak of whatsoever.
And seriously, if you enjoy music and would like for people to continue writing songs and releasing them for you to enjoy, BUY the music. The money you give to Spotify goes into Spotify’s and the label’s pockets, not the people creating the music.