Jango (website)
| Jango | |
|---|---|
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| Web address | http://www.jango.com |
| Slogan | Free music – Internet radio that plays what you want! |
| Commercial? | Yes |
Type of site | Internet radio / social networking / educational |
| Available in | English, Spanish |
| Created by | Daniel Kaufman, Chris Dowhan, Mattias Stanghed, Johan Sandstrom, Josh Engroff, Matt Knox, Steve Eddy |
| Launched | November 2007 |
Alexa rank | 4,756 (2013-07-06)[1] |
| Current status | Online |
Jango is a free online music streaming service that allows users to create and share custom radio stations. Users choose artists to stream, and the station plays music from similar artists.[2] Users can further refine their stations by rating songs and artists in their feed to play less or more frequently.[3]
The service also incorporates social networking by “matching” users with listeners that have similar musical preferences.[4] Users can share their stations or listen to stations created by others in the Jango social network.[3]
The site also provides independent artists the opportunity to showcase their music by recommending their songs alongside that of similar popular artists.[5]
Jango’s business model is derived from advertising revenues and transaction fees from selling music through the site. There is currently no premium services available for the site.[5][6]
Based in New York City, Jango was launched in November 2007[2] by CEO Daniel Kaufman and CTO Chris Dowhan, who were previously the founders of Dash.com.[5][7][8]
Features
- Customizable stations - type in what you want to hear - your station will play the music you want along with similar artists
- Recommendations based on the user's rated songs and artists
- "Play often", "Play sometimes", and "Never play" features
- Choose the amount of recommended artists played
- Android App / iPhone App
- Unlimited Skips and number of stations you can create
- "Radio Airplay" paid promotion service that gives emerging artists airplay on Jango's stations
Limits
- Playback, fast forward, and rewind are not possible.
- Play-on-demand is not possible.
- Banner ads
- Can only cancel personal account by emailing the administrators.
- Cannot exclude artists, only individual songs.
- Stores your account password insecurely, and emails it in clear-text when you use the "Forgot your password?" function.
- Cannot remove an artist once it is added to a station
- Can only add up to six artists to a station
- FAQ out of date
- Can only add up to 100 song to "Favorite Songs" list
See also
References
- ↑ "Alexa". ALEXA. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Retrieved 2012-09-12
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jango: Refreshingly Simple Radio CNET, December 18, 2007
- ↑ Jango PCWorld, February 27, 2008
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jango AppAppeal, June 23, 2009
- ↑ Jango and Seeqpod Hope to Monetize Music GigaOm, January 9, 2008
- ↑ Dash.com Named Best Shopping Tool By TIME Digital PRNewswire, November 3, 1999
- ↑ Dot-Coms Retain Kanda Software to Rapidly Develop and Deploy New E-commerce Solutions PRNewswire, August 7, 2000