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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. today announced the addition of Craig Rechenmacher, Chief Marketing Officer, and Carter Brokaw, Chief Revenue Officer, to the Slacker Radio team. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110922/SF73204LOGO) "We've built a tremendous platform and consumer base over the past few years. The addition of Craig and Carter to the executive team will accelerate our already strong growth and momentum," said Jim Cady, president and...

ST. PAUL, Minn. and SAN DIEGO, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, American Public Media(TM) and Slacker, Inc. launched APM public radio programming, including new interactive stations featuring content from Marketplace® and The Current®, to the Slacker Radio lineup. Slacker Radio's millions of listeners can now enjoy customizable APM programming for free anywhere that Slacker Radio is available including on all major smartphones, the iPad, on the web at www.Slacker.com and more....

SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. today launched three additional free Artist Showcase stations to the Slacker Radio service - adding Metric, Chiddy Bang and Karmin to their lineup of now 21 personalized radio stations hosted by well-known and emerging musicians. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110922/SF73204LOGO) Hand-curated and hosted by the artists, Slacker Artist Showcase stations give listeners insight into the musical influences and favorite...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Research in Motion Ltd.’s new chief executive acknowledged his company’s challenges on Tuesday, but said the next-generation of BlackBerry devices would reverse RIM’s direction and revitalize its future prospects. Speaking in Waterloo, Ontario, at his first shareholder meeting since replacing longtime CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in January, Thorsten Heins said RIM has spent the past several months reorganizing its...

Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry App World - the company's version of the iTunes App Store and the Android Google Play marketplace - has reached the three billion download milestone. The downloadable application service, which debuted in 2009, produced one-third of those three billion downloads in the last six months alone, according to John Paczkowski of All Things Digital. Packowski called it "some good news for Research In Motion amid the unceasing torrent of bad," as well as "a...

SAN DIEGO, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. today launched the Graffiti6 Showcase, a free radio station that is programmed and hosted by the members of Graffiti6, Jamie Scott and Tommy Danvers aka TommyD. The Graffiti6 Showcase can be heard anywhere that Slacker is available, including on all major smartphones, the iPad, home entertainment devices and on the web at http://www.Slacker.com/Graffiti6. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110922/SF73204LOGO) The...

NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc., in conjunction with ABC Radio, today announced the launch of new Lifestyle stations. The new stations, Men's Life and Women's Life, offer Slacker listeners talk content targeted to the specific interests of men and women. Both stations can be customized and personalized allowing Slacker listeners to control the content they receive based on its relevancy to them. (Logo:...

BRISTOL, Conn. and SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. today announced the availability of six new national, regional and Spanish language ESPN stations dedicated to live streaming of ESPN shows and sporting events. Slacker subscribers can now access the live ESPN content on the web at www.Slacker.com and through the free Slacker Radio application on all major smartphone platforms. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110922/SF73204LOGO) The live ESPN...

SAN DIEGO, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. announced at E3 today that its personal radio service will be coming later this year to the Xbox 360® console in the United States and Canada. The free Slacker Radio application will be available as an app in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110922/SF73204LOGO) Slacker Radio will give Xbox LIVE® Gold subscribers the ultimate music and content discovery at their fingertips. The Slacker...

SAN DIEGO, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. today announced the availability of its Slacker Radio app for Windows 8 Release Preview. Slacker designed the app to make full use of tiles, multitasking and other powerful Windows Metro style UI features. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110922/SF73204LOGO) The Slacker Radio experience includes over 150 expert-programmed music stations, artist-hosted showcase stations and leading music festival stations. The fully...