Songza CEO on Google Acquisition: 'This Is Just the Beginning'

What music do you listen to when Google acquires your startup? If you're Songza CEO Elias Roman, you blast some Hillbilly Bodybuilding.

Songza is a music service that offers users expertly curated playlists around mood, time of day and general theme. It offers a nice blend between human curation and algorithmic determination. The end result is a service that can offer up some truly fantastic music to perfectly encapsulate a feeling, an event or a routine.

See also: Google Acquires Music Streaming Service Songza

Google bought Songza to help flesh out its Play Music offering, though the company also said it hoped to infuse some of Songza's work into other parts of the company, including YouTube Read more...

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