Twitter Launches Music Service

Twitter confirmed today it is launching a stand alone music service called Twitter #music.

"The songs on Twitter #music currently come from three sources: iTunes, Spotify or Rdio," Twitter said on its blog. "By default, you will hear previews from iTunes when exploring music in the app. Subscribers to Rdio and Spotify can log in to their accounts to enjoy full tracks that are available in those respective catalogs. We will continue to explore and add other music service providers."

"Twitter Music, as it were, is the brainchild of We Are Hunted, a startup quietly acquired by Twitter just last year,". The app pulls in music from Rdio, Spotify and iTunes, while using data from your Twitter follower graph to deliver the best possible music for you," TechCrunch reported.

"It’s unclear if Twitter Music is special enough to pull millions of users away from Pandora, Spotify, Facebook’s Music offering, as well as smaller services like Songza, Piki, etc. But music is a focal point of the social network. Some of the most prominent users of the service are musical artists like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, which is part of what attracts such a young, hip demographic to Twitter," TechCrunch reported.

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