Rdio doubles down on curation, announces new expert radio stations<article>
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Streaming-music consumption is
on the rise, but so is the competition. The challenge for service providers is how to stand out from the herd. For Rdio, the answer seems to lie in curated playlists or “stations” put together for its users by a combination of in-house and outside experts. In furtherance of this strategy, the Internet radio and on-demand service has announced the
launch of several new expert-curated stations.</p><p>
First up we have so-called “influencer” stations from the likes of country singer Hunter Hayes, fashion website Refinery29, and the New York edition of Yelp (yes, the consumer reviews site). The rest of the new additions in this category all belong to music-related publications or sites: Hype Machine, Consequence of Sound, A.V.Club, and Country Weekly.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2945679/rdio-doubles-down-on-curation-announces-new-expert-radio-stations.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Rdio doubles down on curation, announces new expert radio stations
