The Future of Customized Radio

With CBS, Clear Channel and other traditional radio companies entering the customized radio space, along with the debut of Spotify and cloud services from heavyweights Amazon, Apple and Google, consumers have more choice in streaming music than ever.

In the next few weeks it will be interesting to see what users have to say about these services. Pandora touts its use of people to evaluate all their music for the Music Genome Project, Clear Channel promotes its Echo Nest technology, combined with research it has conducted with listeners nationwide. Which method provides a better experience? How do the terrestrial customized stations compare to Pandora? Which services have the largest music libraries? And, does a large music library automatically mean a better listening experience? Stay tuned.