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MOG (online music)

MOG
MOG
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PlatformsWeb; iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, Roku, Boxee Box
Format320 kbit/s MP3 web streams and high-quality mobile downloads, 48 kbit/s AAC+ mobile streams
Catalogue15 million+ songs
AvailabilityUnited States, Australia
Websitemog.com

MOG (Music on the go) is a paid subscription online music service and blog network, where subscribers can listen to and read about music. Subscribers can play the tracks that are available in the catalog on a variety of digital devices, including computers, handheld devices, Sonos system and television. The company claims that its catalog contains 16 million tracks,[1] although it is not clear how such count was produced or audited. MOG also allows users to access aggregated editorial content from music blogs,[2] user posts, and in-house editors.

MOG was founded by David Hyman, former CEO of Gracenote, former SVP of Marketing at MTV Interactive, and former Director of Ad Sales for Addicted to Noise.[3] MOG is a privately held company headquartered in Berkeley, CA. The company has raised $24.9 million[4] in capital from a variety of sources, including Balderton Capital, Menlo Ventures, Simon Equity, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music.[5] Music producer Rick Rubin is a member of MOG's board of directors.[6]

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History

Founded in June 2005,[5] MOG began as a music-themed social network and blog network. Users could create profiles with information about their music tastes, and the now-discontinued 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.[7] MOG would also recommend users with similar music tastes, and users were able to compose blog posts, read posts composed by other users, and listen to 30-second samples of songs.[8]

In late 2007, MOG partnered with Rhapsody to allow Rhapsody subscribers to access all of Rhapsody's content through MOG.[9]

In August 2008, MOG launched the MOG Music Network, a music ad network that aggregates posts from affiliate blogs and those created by MOG's in-house music editors.[10]

In December 2009, MOG launched its own subscription music service, which allows subscribers to stream any song in MOG's catalog on-demand to their computer through their web browser. In July 2010, MOG released mobile applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android phones, allowing subscribers to also access MOG's catalog from these devices. In September 2010, MOG announced the release of a Roku channel, which enables subscribers to access the service from their television.[11]

In June 2011, "Weird Al" Yankovic pre-released his album Alpocalypse on the MOG website.

In March 2012, reports surfaced that Beats Electronics—an audio hardware company then majority-owned by mobile phone maker HTC, was planning to acquire MOG.[12]

In April 2012, MOG announced a partnership with Telstra to bring MOG to Australia, the first region outside of the US to have access.[13] Telstra and MOG launched under the BigPond Music branding on June 21, 2012.[14] This partnership also allows Telstra customers to stream without the content counting towards their data quota.

In July 2012, it was officially confirmed that Beats would acquire MOG's music streaming service for $14 million. Beats' goal with the acquisition is to leverage its library of high quality music to produce a "truly end-to-end music experience".[15] The acquisition did not include MOG's advertising network, the MOG Music Network,[16] which was sold in a separate deal on August 24, 2012 to the radio broadcasting and media company Townsquare Media.[17]

Features

MOG's Web Player

MOG is a subscription service that allows users to play tracks from its catalog on a variety of digital devices, including computers, handheld devices, Sonos system and television (through MOG's Roku channel). The company claims that its catalog contains 16 million tracks.[1] Subscribers can play songs available in MOG catalog on a computer through a web browser; on mobile devices through MOG applications for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android; via the Logitech Squeezebox and Sonos systems, and on television through MOG channel on the Roku Digital Video Player, Boxee Box. Users can stream songs from the catalog via the internet and also store such songs on their devices, so that they can be played later without internet connection. In terms of audio quality, web streams are 320kbit/s MP3 files[18] and mobile streams are 48 kbit/s AAC+ files. Users choose whether mobile downloads are 'high-quality' 320kbit/s MP3 files or 48 kbit/s AAC+ files.[19]

MOG Radio, accessible through any of the platforms mentioned above, generates a continuous play queue based on the artist chosen by the user. By adjusting a slider within the MOG player (pictured at right) between Artist Only and Similar Artists, the user determines whether the radio plays only songs by the selected artist, or whether and how often songs by what the application determines to be "similar artists" are added to the queue. When the user's song selection ends, MOG Radio begins to play and continues until the user makes another selection.[20]

Three different subscription plans are available as of February 2012. In the US, the 'FreePlay' plan allows users to use MOG on the internet(not mobile or TV), and a $5/month plan allows users to access MOG through the web and through the Roku channel and Logitech Squeezebox devices, and a $10/month plan allows access though these platforms and through supported mobile devices.[21] In Australia, there isn't a free tier available, only the 'Basic' plan ($6.99) with unlimited music and no adverts via the web player, and the 'Premium' plan ($11.99) which also allows access to MOG via the mobile applications.[22]

As of 7 June 2011 (2011-06-07)[update] new subscribers to MOG are allowed a free 14-day trial of 'Premium'.[23]

The MOG Music Network is a music blog network that aggregates original content (written by in-house editors) and syndicated content from over 1,300 affiliate blogs.[24] Affiliates sign up in order to reach MOG's sizable base of visitors (38 million monthly unique visitors in the US, as of April 2011),[2] who click through from blog post excerpts on MOG to read the full post on the affiliate site.[24]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b http://support.mog.com/kb/mog-music-c atalog/how-many-total-tracks-are-avai lable-at-mog
  2. ^ a b Jason Kincaid May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21). "MOG’s Music Network Gaining Fast On Competitors, Still Has A Ways To Go". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  3. ^ "MOG Executive Team & Board". Mog.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  4. ^ "MOG | CrunchBase Profile". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  5. ^ a b "About MOG". Mog.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  6. ^ "Rick Rubin goes digital, joins MOG board | Technology | Los Angeles Times". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  7. ^ "New Website Mixes Networking, Musical Taste". SPIN.com. 2006-06-21. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  8. ^ "Attention Music Freaks: MOG Launches Groundbreaking Music Website. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  9. ^ Mark Hendrickson Dec 11, 2007 (2007-12-11). "MOG Integrates Rhapsody's Streaming Music Collection, Launches Redesign". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  10. ^ Jason Kincaid Aug 11, 2008 (2008-08-11). "MOG Launches Ad Network, Rick Rubin Joins Board". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  11. ^ "MOG's Digital Music Service Now Available to Roku Customers - BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/". California: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  12. ^ "HTC unit Beats close to buying music service MOG". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-03-20. 
  13. ^ http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2012/0 4/17/mog-powered-by-telstra-a-massive -deal-for-music-lovers/
  14. ^ http://blog.mog.com/post.php?num=6381 84929
  15. ^ "Beats Electronics acquires MOG music service". TechnologyLive. USA Today. Retrieved 3 July 2012. 
  16. ^ "Beats Electronics Acquires Mog Rapper Dr. Dre's headphone makers scoop up digital streaming service". Adweek. Retrieved 3 July 2012. 
  17. ^ "Remaining half of Mog Music Network sells to Townsquare Media Group". MusicWeek. Retrieved 24 August 2012. 
  18. ^ http://support.mog.com/kb/general-inf ormation/what-audio-quality-bitrate-d oes-mog-support
  19. ^ "Quality formats: 64-Kbps AAC and 320-Kbps MP3 / Questions / Discussion Area - MOG Support". Support.mog.com. 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  20. ^ "The MOG Music Service Tour". Mog.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  21. ^ "How much does the MOG music service cost? / MOG Music Service / FAQs - MOG Support". Support.mog.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  22. ^ http://bigpondmusic.com/mogplans
  23. ^ "Free Trial Details". MOG. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  24. ^ a b "Music Blog Ad Network – MOG Music Network FAQ". Mog.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 

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