Rdio plans to stop using The Echo Nest music recommendation service after Spotify, a fierce music streaming competitor, acquired the company last week. Speaking to CNBC , Rdio CEO Anthony Bay says the company has other sources of data and partners that can help fill the gap for its music recommendation features. "As far as we are concerned, they were a good partner, but we have other good partners and we'll move on,” says Bay. “So we will stop using that source of data and use other sources."
The move isn’t exactly surprising. Spotify’s acquisition of The Echo Nest allows it to control the main music recommendation service that its competitors have utilized in their music streaming services. While the name might not be familiar,...
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