Milk Music (streaming service) explained

Milk Music
Developer:Samsung
Platform:Web, Android, Tizen

Milk Music was a freemium online music streaming service, with music streams and a recommendation engine powered by Slacker Radio,[1] that offered ad-supported free streaming and ad-free subscription streaming services originally meant to compete with Pandora.[2] When first introduced in March 2014, it was first available only as an app for Samsung headsets. In January 2015, Milk Music was made available to everyone as a website.[3]

Samsung began sunsetting Milk Music in September 2016, in the United States and some other markets,[4] [5] and completed its worldwide shutdowns by October 23, 2017.[6] Any installed instance of the app will prompt the user to download Slacker Radio.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GIGAOM. Got Milk: after failing to steal Spotify's thunder, Samsung aims for Pandora. Roettgersmar, Janko. March 7, 2014. August 1, 2019. August 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190801072508/https://gigaom.com/2014/03/07/got-milk-after-failing-to-steal-spotifys-thunder-samsung-aims-for-pandora/. dead.
  2. Web site: Chang, Lulu. The fat lady has sung — Samsung Milk Music is officially no morewebsite=Digital Trends. September 27, 2017.
  3. Web site: MILK FOR EVERYONE: Milk Music opens up on the web, Samsung adds Milk apps to TVs. GIGAOM. January 5, 2015. Roettgers, Janko. August 1, 2019. August 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190801072508/https://gigaom.com/2015/01/05/milk-music-opens-up-on-the-web-samsung-adds-milk-apps-to-tvs/. dead.
  4. Web site: Chang, Lulu. The fat lady has sung — Samsung Milk Music is officially no morewebsite=Digital Trends. September 27, 2017.
  5. Web site: Liptak, Andrew . Samsung has shut down Milk Music . September 22, 2016 . TheVerge.
  6. Web site: Chang, Lulu. The fat lady has sung — Samsung Milk Music is officially no morewebsite=Digital Trends. September 27, 2017.
  7. Web site: Liptak, Andrew . Samsung has shut down Milk Music . September 22, 2016 . TheVerge.