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Mog

http://mog.com/
Last activity: 07.10.2024
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Categories: MediaMusicServiceStreaming
MOG, a next-generation music media company, offers on-demand streaming music services through multi-platform access to a library of songs.
Website visits
5.8K /mo.
Mentions
135

Overview

Location
United States, California, Berkeley
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$17.3M
Founded date
2005

Investors 1

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Funding Rounds 3

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Aug 27, 2009Funding round$5M
Apr 29, 2008Funding round$2.8M

Mentions in press and media 135

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Jun 1, 2014MOG Is Dead, Corpse Now Points To Its Acquirer BeatsAfter 9 years in the game, MOG has completely shut down its streaming music service and now directs users to Beats, which acquired it in July 2012 for $14 million…and which was itself acquired by Apple this week. After providing subscribers...
Jan 20, 2014Beats Will Shut Down MOG Music April 15; MOG Founder Joins Stealth Mobile Startup ChosenAs Beats Music turns up the volume on its new streaming service (which is now live in the App Store), it is calling it a day on MOG, the streaming service its parent Beats Electronics acquired in 2012 reportedly for $10-15 million, and whic...
Apr 23, 2013How To Choose The Right Streaming Music Service — A GuideIt’s going to be an interesting year in online music. The all-you-can-stream music subscription space is set to heat up, with rumored Spotify competitors from Google and Amazon potentially in the offing and an already-huge European service ...
Nov 16, 2012Great News: Spotify Is Coming To The WebSoon, Spotify will be joining us all where we hang out the most: the World Wide Web. The wildly popular streaming music service is breaking free of its app-only confines and launching a browser-based version, the company confirmed. This is ...
Oct 15, 2012Will Microsoft’s New Xbox Music Crush Rdio, Spotify, MOG And Pandora?Having tried – and failed – to capture a share of the online music market with the Zune MP3 player, Microsoft is launching another attempt with Xbox Music. The hook this time? Tying it directly to Windows 8. In fact, since the new service w...
Oct 3, 2012Will Royalties Kill The Streaming Rdio Star? Where The Streaming Music Money Goes The Laws of the Land The Last SongThe ongoing tug-of-war between musicians, record labels and digital content providers inched a little more towards artists this week with the introduction of an innovative paid-referral plan from streaming provider Rdio. The new program pay...
Aug 16, 2012My Month With a ChromeBox: How I Survived Without Windows or MacJust about a month ago, I stopped wrestling with an operating system and learned to love the Web. Windows? Gone. My MacBook? Hardly touched. Instead, I’ve relied on a Samsung Chromebox 3 running Google’s ChromeOS for virtually all my daily ...
Aug 15, 2012The Best Music Apps that Bring People TogetherEditor’s Note: This article about best music apps is a revised version of an article that appeared in a previous issue of The Social Media Monthly. If you like it, you might want to download The Social Media Monthly iPad app or iPhone app a...
Jul 21, 2012A year after launch, U.S. Spotify users have listened to 13B songs, shared 27.8MStreaming music service Spotify has plenty of nifty stats to share on its first year in the U.S., including the fact that U.S. listeners have jammed to more than 13 billion songs. Spotify launched in the U.S. on July 14, 2011, joining a wav...
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FAQ about Mog

When was Mog founded?

Mog was founded in 2005.

How much funding has Mog raised?

Mog has raised $17.3M in total across 3 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Mog raised?

Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of Mog, among them a funding round of $5M on Aug 27, 2009 and a funding round of $2.8M on Apr 29, 2008.

What has the press written about Mog?

Parsers VC has collected 135 articles mentioning Mog, among them “MOG Is Dead, Corpse Now Points To Its Acquirer Beats” (Jun 1, 2014) and “Beats Will Shut Down MOG Music April 15; MOG Founder Joins Stealth Mobile Startup Chosen” (Jan 20, 2014).

Is Mog still active?

Mog is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 7, 2024.