| 词条 | Songza |
| 释义 |
|name = Songza |logo = |screenshot = |caption = |url = {{URL|songza.com}} |commercial = |type = Free internet radio |registration = |language = English |owner = Alphabet Inc. |author = Aza Raskin and Scott Robbin |launch date = {{start date and age|2007|11|08|paren=yes}} |revenue = |alexa = {{Loss}} 7,598 ({{as of|2015|12|14|alt=December 2015}})[1] |current status = Discontinued (now part of Google Play Music) |location = Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, United States }} Songza was a free music streaming and recommendation service for Internet users in the United States and Canada. Stating that its playlists are made by music experts, the service would recommend its users on various playlists based on time of day and mood or activity.[2][3] Songza offered playlists for activities such as waking up, working out, commuting, concentrating, unwinding, entertaining, and sleeping.[4] Users would vote songs up or down, and the service will adapt to the user's personal music preferences.[4] Users would find playlists not just based on artists, songs, or genres, but also based on themes, interests, and eras, such as "90s One-Hit Wonders", or "Music of Fashion Week".[5] Songza was headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City, New York.[6] On December 2, 2015, Google announced Songza would merge into Google Play Music on January 31, 2016.[7] As of February 1, 2016, the main site is offline, displaying a redirect to Google Play Music. HistoryAmie Street acquired Songza, a product created by Aza Raskin and Scott Robbin, in October 2008.[8] In August 2010, Amie Street was sold to Amazon for an undisclosed amount.[9] Shortly after this the co-founders{{spaced ndash}} CEO Elias Roman, COO Peter Asbill, CPO Elliott Breece and CCO Eric Davich{{spaced ndash}} refocused their efforts on Songza.[2] The team discontinued the original version and relaunched a new alpha version of Songza, keeping nothing of the original product but the name.[10]Over the next year the founders experimented with various iterations, when the app originally launched in 2010 "it was like a pre-Turntable.fm. A function called Social Radio allowed users to be DJs for their friends" stated PandoDaily.[3] This version of the app allowed it to be social and crowdsourced; the problem with it was that the service as it stood was not sufficiently differentiated from other services on the market and the quality of the crowd sourced playlists was low.[3] Following a year of testing various iterations of the alpha version of the app, Songza relaunched in beta on iPhone and Android apps on September 13, 2011, armed with a team of 25 expert music curators.[2][3][11][12] In March 2012, Songza released its Music Concierge feature, on iPhone and the web.[2][13] The concierge presented users with up to six situations based on time of day, with filters for whatever mood they might be in. For example, on a Wednesday morning a user may have been presented with situations for "Waking Up", "Singing in the Shower", "Working Out" and so on. This feature was rolled out to iPad on June 7, 2012; during the first ten days following the iPad app launch, Songza saw over 1.15 million downloads.[14] On June 12, 2012, Songza was listed as the top free app on iTunes for the iPad and the number two free app for the iPhone.[15] Concierge was released on Android on July 10, 2012, and for Android tablets on August 14, 2012.[16][17] The app expanded to Canada on August 7, 2012, and became the number-one overall free app in Canada on August 13, 2012.[3][18] Within the week of Microsoft's Build developer event in June 2013, Songza snuck in its official Windows 8 App.[19] Songza launched in Canada on August 7, 2012, and reached the one million download mark after 70 days.[20][21] Starting October 2013, Songza began inserting pop-up audio/video ads when initiating a playlist so it is no longer "audio-ad free". Songza reported having 5.5 million regular users at the end of 2013.[22] Songza was acquired by Google on July 1, 2014.[23][24] No terms were disclosed but speculation put the price at somewhere between $15 million and $39 million.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} Both companies issued statements saying they were "thrilled" to be doing the deal.[25] In October 2014, following the acquisition, the Google Play Music All Access service was updated to include functionality adapted from Songza's Concierge system.[26] Songza was merged into Google Play Music on January 31, 2016 and as of February 1, 2016, the main site is offline, displaying a redirect to Google Play Music. References{{portal|Companies|Google|Internet|Music}}1. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/songza.com |title= Songza.com Site Info | publisher= Alexa Internet |accessdate= December 14, 2015 }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news| first= Ben| last= Sisaro| work = The New York Times |title= Pandora Faces Rivals for Ears and Ads| accessdate = June 20, 2012| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/business/songza-and-spotify-challenge-pandora-for-ears-and-ads.html?_r=3| date= June 20, 2012}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web| first= Erin|last= Griffith| publisher= PandoDaily|title= Songza's Founders Realized They Weren't Thinking Radically Enough – Here's How They Changed That| accessdate = August 15, 2012|url= http://pandodaily.com/2012/08/15/songzas-founders-realized-they-werent-thinking-radically-enough-heres-how-they-changed-that/}} 4. ^1 {{cite news| first= Hayley| last= Tsukayama| work = The Washington Post |title=TechBits: Songza adapts the music to your mood| accessdate = June 23, 2012| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/techbits-songza-adapts-the-music-to-your-mood/2012/06/23/gJQAYRzKyV_story.html| date= June 25, 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web| publisher= Songza|title= About Us| accessdate = March 25, 2011| url = http://songza.com/page/about/}} 6. ^{{cite news| first= Clare | last= Trapasso| work = Daily News |title= Songza music service streams for success| accessdate = July 27, 2012| url= http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-07-27/news/32874462_1_spotify-apps-music-download}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/12/03/streaming-platform-songza-is-finally-closing/#7991e851493b|title=Streaming Platform Songza Is Finally Closing|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en}} 8. ^{{cite web| first = Kristen| last = Nicole| publisher = bub.blicio.us| title = Interview with Amie Street: Why Keep Acquisition of Songza a Secret?| accessdate = March 25, 2011| url = http://bub.blicio.us/interview-with-amie-street-why-keep-acquisition-of-songza-a-secret/| deadurl = yes| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110309044239/http://bub.blicio.us/interview-with-amie-street-why-keep-acquisition-of-songza-a-secret/| archivedate = March 9, 2011| df = mdy-all}} 9. ^{{cite web| first= Michael | last= Arrington| publisher= TechCrunch|title= Amazon Acquires Amie Street, But Not in a Good Way| accessdate = September 8, 2010| url= https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/08/amazon-acquires-amie-street-but-not-in-a-good-way/}} 10. ^{{cite news| first= Michael| last= del Castillo| work = Upstart Business Journal |title= Downtime: The birth of Songza| accessdate = June 15, 2012| url= http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2012/06/15/songza-minigolfs-to-no-1-app.html?page=2}} 11. ^{{cite web| first= Rip| last= Empson| publisher= TechCrunch|title= Songza Raises Seven Figure Round; Launches Mobile, Sharable Music Collections in the Cloud| accessdate = September 13, 2011| url= https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/13/songza-raises-seven-figure-round-launches-mobile-sharable-music-collections-in-the-cloud/}} 12. ^"Songza launches iPhone and Android apps to digitize the mix tape" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613185321/http://www.ad60.com/2011/09/19/songza-launches-iphone-android-apps-digitize-mix-tape/ |date=June 13, 2012 }}. 13. ^{{cite web| first= Jordan| last= Crook| publisher= TechCrunch.com|title= Songza, the Music Streaming Service That Does All Work for You, Launches an iPad App| accessdate = June 7, 2012| url= https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/07/songza-the-music-streaming-service-that-does-all-work-for-you-launches-an-ipad-app/}} 14. ^{{cite news| first= Stephanie| last= Mlot| work = PC Magazine|title= Songza Hits 1.15 Million iOS Downloads in 10 Days| accessdate = June 18, 2012| url= https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405952,00.asp}} 15. ^{{cite web| first= Glenn| last= Peoples| publisher= Billboard.biz|title= Songza Reaches One Million iOs Downloads in Ten Days, But Is It the Next Big Thing?| accessdate = June 19, 2012| url= http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/others/songza-reaches-one-million-ios-downloads-1007360352.story}} 16. ^{{cite web| first= Andrew| last= Kameka| publisher= Androinica.com |title= Songza re-ups with expert Music Concierge playlists, lockscreen controls, and new Holo-like design| accessdate = July 10, 2012| url= http://androinica.com/2012/07/songza-android-app/}} 17. ^{{cite news| first= Stephanie| last= Mlot| work = PC Magazine|title= Songza App Now Available on Android Tablets| accessdate = August 14, 2012| url= https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2408435,00.asp}} 18. ^{{cite web| first= Anand| last= Ram| publisher= o.canada.com |title= Songza's Elias Roman wants to provide the music for every mood | accessdate = August 7, 2012| url= http://o.canada.com/2012/08/05/songzas-elias-roman-wants-to-provide-the-music-for-every-mood/}} 19. ^ . WP Central. June 27, 2013. 20. ^Dobby, Christine (August 23, 2012). "Songza startup singing a Canadian tune". Financial Post. August 23, 2012. 21. ^Crook, Jordan (October 18, 2012). [https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/18/songzas-canada-launch-nabs-1-million-new-users-in-70-days/ "Songza's Canada Launch Nabs 1 Million New Users in 70 Days"]. TechCrunch. 22. ^{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/business/media/google-buys-songza-a-playlist-app-for-any-occasion.html|title = Google in Deal for Songza, a Music Playlist Service|last = Sisario|first = Ben|date = July 1, 2014|work = New York Times|accessdate = }} 23. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/07/01/google-has-acquired-music-streaming-startup-songza/#646268501a45|title=Google Has Acquired Music Streaming Startup Songza|last=Chowdhry|first=Amit|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en}} 24. ^{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/01/google-buys-songza/ | title=Google Buys Songza | publisher= TechCrunch | accessdate= July 1, 2014}} 25. ^{{cite news|title=Google acquires music app start-up Songza|url=http://www.businesssun.com/index.php/sid/223470673/scat/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ht/Google-acquires-music-app-start-up-Songza|accessdate= July 3, 2014|publisher=Business Sun}} 26. ^{{cite web|title=Google brings Songza's best feature to Play Music|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/21/7027707/google-brings-best-songza-feature-to-play-music|website=The Verge|accessdate=21 October 2014}} External links
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