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Streaming music site MOG.com demos mobile apps, drives silly blue van
With the buzz around tomorrow’s keynote address by Daniel Ek of the much-hyped European mobile streaming music service Spotify building, Berkeley, CA-based streaming music service MOG.com demo-ed a rival product for iPhone and Android in a low-key press event this morning.For $5 a month MOG.com’s online service currently allows subscribers to search for music by artist, song or album, develop and share playlists and use a “radio” service that operates as a sort of hybrid of the Pandora model to explore an artist’s catalog and discover new music. The site, which includes Music mogul Rick Rubin on its board of directors, boasts over 7 millions songs and licensing deals with all of the major labels and most of the indies to provide a steady stream of new tunes. The MOG mobile application would allow subscribers to access the site’s full music library on the go and download songs, albums and playlists to their mobile devices for use offline.
With subscriptions priced at $10 a month, the company hopes to launch the service for Android and iPhone and iTouch early next quarter. When asked if he was worried about getting the app into the iTunes app store, MOG CEO David Hyman hedged slightly, noting the Apple has given the green light to other music subscription services, including Spotify in Europe. “I do know that Android won’t be a problem,” he said.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith
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