• Sonos To Add MOG To List Of Available Music Streaming Services This Spring

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    Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

    Are you a MOG user in proud possession of a Sonos Multi-Room Music System? Let me make you a happy man or woman: US-based MOG users will have access to the company’s on-demand music service through Sonos later this spring, the companies jointly announced this morning.

    With the addition of MOG, and recently Rdio and Spotify, the list of available music services is beginning to look like a very appealing offer for most anyone (the list also includes Last.fm, Napster, Pandora, Rhapsody, SiriusXM, among others).

    MOG will offer Sonos customers high-quality sound, streamed at 320kbps, on-demand and ad-free, as well as its patent-pending “MOG Mobius” music discovery engine, which enables users to switch between “artist-only” radio stations or a full mix of similar artists.

    The company says it will offer a 14-day free trial to all new and existing Sonos customers after which users can sign up for its $9.99-per-month ‘Primo’ subscription plan.

    Company: MOG
    Website: mog.com
    Launch Date: June 1, 2005
    Funding: $24.9M

    MOG Inc. is a next-generation music media company founded in June 2005 by David Hyman, former CEO for Gracenote. MOG has one simple goal: to perfect your music listening experience. MOG’s on-demand streaming music service provides multi-platform access to a deep library of over 14 million songs from over a million albums through its award-winning mobile apps on iPhone and Android, on the Web, desktop app for Mac and soon for Windows, streaming entertainment devices such as Roku, Sonos and...

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    Company: Sonos
    Website: sonos.com
    Launch Date: June 30, 2002
    Funding: $200M

    Sonos is a developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home. The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is the first, wireless multi-room music system that lets you play all the music you want all over your house — and control it all from the palm of your hand. Sonos liberates the music stored on a computer so it can be enjoyed all over the house. In addition, by partnering with audio services like Audible.com, Last.fm, Napster, Pandora, RadioTime, Rhapsody, SIRIUS...

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