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The San Diego-based company was incubated in Sevin Rosen's Austin, Texas, office. Investors include Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds. Slacker has raised about $70 million since its founding in 2006. ' Jim Cady has been, in many ways, operating the company,' the investor, who sits on the board of directors, said.

It's unclear what factors led to Mudd's decision to leave the management team at Slacker. Copyright Office to collect royalties from digital playback of music, agreed on a more manageable fee that allows broadcasters to turn a profit. Last month, Internet radio companies and SoundExchange, a non-profit group designated by the U.S. However, Mudd's exit from Slacker comes at a strange time, considering the company and others like it just received a big win in that licensing fight. Online radio stations like Slacker simply couldn't support the enormous royalty fees being charged with advertising revenue. One of the major roadblocks has been a battle between online radio and copyright owners over licensing fees. But still, the feature is nice addition to Slacker's fast-growing tool belt.Mudd, a longtime digital music veteran, took over the company at the start, bringing several former employees of Musicmatch Inc., the company he headed and sold to Yahoo in 2004 for $165 million.īut making money in digital music these days has proven challenging. So far, My Vibe seems to have fewer playlist suggestions than Songza. For instance, as I write this, I'm listening to a playlist that was suggested for someone who is working in the office on a Friday afternoon. From there, it gives you a menu of options that may or may not match your activity or mood. Similar to Songza, My Vibe starts by offering you a few suggestions based on the current day and time. Turn up the volume on an old favorite or discover your next obsession as we help you explore one of the largest music libraries anywhere.

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Listen for free and discover the perfect music for any moment with hundreds of stations, playlists and recommendations. New to Slacker's arsenal and available to all users is a nifty feature called My Vibe, which helps you find the perfect playlist to match your mood or activity. Slacker Radio is handcrafted radio from passionate music experts. Both subscription packages also come with lyrics for most songs. With a Slacker Premium subscription ($9.99/month), you'll get on-demand music listening so you can search for and listen to the exact songs and albums you want (similar to Spotify).

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With Slacker Radio Plus ($3.99 per month), you'll be able to save station caches for later listening even when offline. If you want to take advantage of playlist caching or music-on-demand features without ads, you'll need to sign up for a subscription.

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The ads can be a little annoying, with full 30-second commercial spots at the beginning of listening to a station. Much like Pandora, the free version of Slacker Radio is ad-supported and lets you search for a song and then create a station of similar music based on that song. A skip button is available for moving on to the next song, but you get limited skips per session (only six at the time of this review). You'll be able to fine-tune your station requirements while it plays as well as create custom stations. The controls to pause, skip, save, and remove an artist from your playlist are located at the bottom of the interface.

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Mac DeMarco While the immediate catchiness of Mac. While playing a track, Slacker lets you look at both album art as well as artist bios and album reviews (for most songs and artists). Mac DeMarco attempts to trade slacker image for serious songwriter.

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