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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last week the “Twitter is starting a music app” rumors intensified after the We Are Hunted app makers announced they had been purchased by the popular microblogging site. Soon after, celebrities and musicians alike, including Ryan Seacrest, Wiz Khalifa, Blake Shelton and Ne-Yo began tweeting about the app and singing its praises. Today Twitter is letting the general public get their first glimpse of their new app...

The Rdio List app grants exclusive access to Buzzmedia events in Austin, hosted by BrooklynVegan, Hype Machine, Stereogum and SPIN NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Buzzmedia, one of the largest and fastest growing digital media companies, today announced its partnership with digital music service Rdio to provide exclusive access to some of the hottest events during Austin's annual music festival, hosted by four of its leading music brands and...

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Songza(TM), the popular music streaming app that provides a soundtrack for your life, has surpassed 1 Million registered users in Canada since its debut in early August. Greater than 90% of these users enjoy Songza on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Songza's unique Music Concierge service streams a perfect playlist into your ears based on the day of the week, time of day, device you are using and situation you are in. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio (www.rdio.com), the digital music service founded by Janus Friis, one of the creators of Skype, today announced the launch of the Rdio Artist Program. This first of a kind program offers a new way for artists to directly earn money from streaming music. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121002/LA84856LOGO) Using Rdio, artists can easily share their own music and their music recommendations with fans. Fans will be able to...

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio (www.rdio.com), the digital music service started by the creators of Skype, today announced two landmark music deals with CD Baby and TuneCore, the largest aggregators of independent music, bringing Rdio's catalog to over 18 million songs. "We are excited to partner with TuneCore and CD Baby, two of the best distribution tools out there for independent artists," said Drew Larner, CEO of Rdio. "Independent music is a vital part of...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier digital music service Rdio (www.rdio.com), started by the creators of Skype, has partnered with Conan O'Brien's Team Coco (www.teamcoco.com) to publish and syndicate the first-ever weekly Mixtape Series, featuring curated music playlists from Conan O'Brien, celebrity guests on TBS' "CONAN" as well as show regulars such as Andy Richter and Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band. The inaugural playlist launches today, curated by...

SAN FRANCISCO and AUSTIN, Texas, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier digital music service Rdio (www.rdio.com), started by the creators of Skype, today announced at SXSW the availability of a completely redesigned Rdio, providing an even faster, simpler and more social music experience. At an invite-only presentation held at the #FEED house powered by Twitter in the Austin Museum of Art, Rdio showcased the new Web and desktop apps and also announced that more than 15...

SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio (www.rdio.com) the digital music service created by the founders of Skype, and Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over five million users worldwide, today announced that Rdio will come pre-loaded on the new Android-powered Kobo Vox. Together, Kobo and Rdio are making it even easier for users to enjoy enhanced, end-to-end entertainment that incorporates a social reading experience and music from the convenience of the new Kobo...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to redefine the online music experience across a variety of services and platforms, Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has expanded Digster.fm (http://www.digster.fm) to now include Rdio, the on-demand social music discovery service from the creators of Skype. The announcement was made today by Jim Urie, President & CEO of UMGD, Mitch Rotter, Senior Vice...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio, the digital music service created by the founders of Skype, today announced the launch of the first ever free, on-demand music offering with no ads. In a move that will redefine the digital music space, US users who sign up to Rdio on the web will now have access to full song streams for free while discovering and sharing music from a growing catalog of over 12 million songs. Only an email address or Facebook account is required to sign up...