Music Diary Notes: MOG, Rdio and Spotify Make Music Social on Facebook !

As expected, yesterday at f8 Facebook unveiled a number of new features, such as the new profile and timeline … and my main area of interest – the MUSIC. Unlike some other initiatives, Facebook is seeking to integrate everything organically into the overall ‘Timelines’ elements and ‘OpenGraph’ presentation structure. There are already those railing against the new newsfeed structure, but that isn’t my concern here. What interests me is how Facebook and their partners will make this all work – including the ability to ‘listen together’ as noted at Digital Music News: Perhaps the coolest music integration allows users to listen to music together – as in, the same time! Actually, the next marquee partner was Clear Channel Radio’s iHeartRadio – not Pandora – whose integrated radio experience was given gushing attention by CTO Brett Taylor. “iHeartRadio is a different type of radio service,” Taylor said. “It’ s a social radio experience, and by saying that right up front, they’re setting up a completely different expectation.” That is, no explicit permissions and approvals, or other steps that reduce the social lubrication. Instead, friends can easily add the iHeartRadio app from a friend’s timeline – right then and there. And that [...]

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