CÜR looks to upend Spotify, Pandora with $3 per month streaming

...having been licensed by the three biggest musicconglomerats in the world: Universal, Sony, and Warner, according to Music Business Worldwide.

Ad-free streaming service, the octopus-themed company offers users a mixture of on-demand and internet radio-style playback. But the big thing that sets Cür apart is its cheaper-than-normal subscription tiers. Cür offers its ‘Octo’ tier for $3 per month, and its “Inked” tier for $7, with the higher-priced tier including offline playback options.

“Start with a library of over 10 million tracks as a blend of internet radio and on-demand streaming. Add a super cool interface with a universe of sharing, curating and social tools built in,” reads the short excerpt on the company’s site... The service also allows each user to switch out up to 8 songs at will per day, according to Music Ally, adding a dash of on-demand streaming to go along with playlist and radio-style options.

Cür is the most modern iteration of Internet radio company Raditaz, which started in 2012 in Connecticut. With deals now signed, and the big boys having bought in, the company looks poised and ready for a mid-year launch.

On the surface, Cür looks to be more of a music-based social media network and radio service than a standalone streaming music company like Spotify or Apple Music.

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