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streaming service Rdio shutting down on December 22

Rdio, the streaming service that was recently acquired by Pandora, will be switching off December 22 at approximately 5 PM. They sent this email to subscribers: Over the course of five years, Rdio has grown to become a global community of music lovers — a place to discover, listen, and collect…

Pandora not launching on-demand Spotify competition until 'late 2016'; Meanwhile RDIO could stop working any day

The Verge has a good article on “why RDIO died“, these two key quotes included:”Rdio’s apps will soon stop working — the exact timing depends on when the deal closes — and its modest subscriber base will have to do its music streaming elsewhere…

Pandora to acquire "key parts" of Rdio for $75 million (RIP Rdio, hello Spotify-like Pandora functionality)

We just wrote about Beats Music shutting down and now here’s more streaming music news: Pandora has acquired “key assets” from Rdio, including technology and intellectual property…

Led Zeppelin now on even more streaming services

Led Zeppelin finally came to Spotify over a year ago, and now just in time for their newest reissue, they’re on even more streaming services including Rdio, Tidal, and

ALSO: Adele's Bond theme, Micachu, Raveonettes, RDIO, AlunaGeorge, Claire Chase, Divine Fits, the Hobbit + more

It seemed inevitable that Adele would be tapped to do a Bond theme and here we are with Skyfall. The movie actually looks like it might be good…

ALSO: Nerds for Obama; Glenn Beck for Muse; Neil Young Vs. MP3s; Axl Rose, Mountain Goats, Tame Impala + more

Nerds for Obama! Neil Young , who is now on Twitter and recently played Central Park, thinks MP3s sound like shit and is creating a new 24-bit digital audio service called Pono that he says sounds better…