In July 2010, MOG released mobile applications for iPhone, iPod Touch, and phones using the Android operating system, allowing subscribers to also access MOG's catalog from these devices. In December 2009, MOG launched a subscription music service, which allowed subscribers to stream any song in MOG's catalog to their computer through a web browser. In August 2008, MOG launched the MOG Music Network, a music ad network that aggregated posts from affiliate blogs and those created by MOG's in-house music editors. In late 2007, MOG partnered with Rhapsody to allow Rhapsody subscribers to access all of Rhapsody's content through MOG. Users could compose blog posts, read posts composed by other users, and listen to 30-second samples of songs. MOG also recommended users with similar music tastes.
Users could create profiles with information about their music tastes, and the MOG-O-MATIC client application assisted in the process by scanning users' music libraries and populating their profiles with information about their music collection and listening activities. in May 2014.įounded in June 2005, MOG began as a music-themed social network and blog network. Its successor system, Beats Music, launched in the United States on 21 January 2014 and then was in turn acquired by Apple Inc. This date was first indefinitely postponed, but then it was shut down on. Īfter purchasing MOG in 2012, Beats Electronics in January 2014 announced that the MOG service would shut down in the United States on 15 April 2014. Music producer Rick Rubin was a member of MOG's board of directors. The company raised capital from a variety of sources, including Balderton Capital, Menlo Ventures, Simon Equity, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music. It was privately held and headquartered in Berkeley, CA. MOG was founded by David Hyman, formerly CEO of Gracenote, SVP of Marketing at MTV Interactive, and Director of Ad Sales for Addicted to Noise. MOG also allowed users to access aggregated editorial content from music blogs, user posts, and in-house editors. Subscribers could play tracks available in its catalog on a variety of digital devices, including computers, handheld devices, Sonos systems and television. MOG was a paid subscription online music service and blog network, where subscribers could listen to and read about music.
MOG MUSIC APP TRIAL
$10/month gets you in and going, but there’s a free week-long trial period that I’m taking advantage of right now.Web iPhone/ iPod Touch, Android, Roku, Boxee Box There’s a lot in here to check out, including some “radio” -like features, but if David says this is the MOG library on the back-end, then I’m good to go. I’m hoping familiarity will help short circuit their shortcuts. The web interface feels very streamlined, and more in the “I’m cool” way instead of the “I’m useful” way.
Anyway, things stabilized a little while ago and I’m now streaming Dire Straits … and it sounds okay. Suffice it to say that the portal integration could use a bit more beta testing. I was pretty happy to finally get in after the joys of having my account deleted and re-deleted, but I think that was them “doing something” to the service. I say “should” because I’ve had quite a week this afternoon attempting to pound my way past their technical issues, glitches and bugs. You’ll have to log in, of course, but that link should actually get you to the tunes. Not that you’d know it from the way the site is laid out, but as the commenters noted, it’s in there. For those of us that dare to use something other than our mobiles for musical enjoyment, well, there’s a web browser-based service. You’re going to have to make do with your mobile devices if you’re app-centric, as there’s supposedly widgets available for each of the major mobile platforms. So, I did and it’s true - there is no desktop app. Okay, given founder David Hyman’s comments in the Comments section, below, I figured I might as well sign up and worry about canceling later if I need to.
So long, old friend, and thanks for all the Phish. And then there’s that bit about using either MOG or Pandora on something other than a mobile device … well.Īnyway, I’m sorry to see MOG go. Look, I love Pandora and their premium service sounds okay, but being able to find and learn about specific artists and explicitly explore particular albums … well, that was really cool. And MOG has/had a much better library (for my tastes) than Spotify. Beats Entertainment, which purchased MOG a couple of years ago, will attempt to migrate everyone to their Beats Music service. It seems that the options for streaming music are down a man - or will be by mid-April when the audiophile darling MOG will take its final curtain call.
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