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MOG

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MOG Inc. is a next-generation music media company founded in June 2005 by David Hyman, former CEO for Gracenote. MOG has one simple goal: to perfect your music listening experience.

MOG’s on-demand streaming music service provides multi-platform access to a deep library of over 14 million songs from over a million albums through its award-winning mobile apps on iPhone and Android, on the Web, desktop app for Mac and soon for Windows, streaming entertainment devices such as Roku, Sonos and internet-connected TVs, and very soon, integrations with automobile navigation devices in BMW & Mini. It surpasses all other music subscription services in its ease-of-use, discovery features and audio quality.

MOG Inc. is also the provider of The MOG Music Network (MMN), the premier destination for music content online and largest music-focused website advertising network, consisting of over 1500 music sites receiving over 60 million unique visitors a month.

Headquartered in Berkeley, California, MOG Inc. investors include Menlo Ventures, Balderton Capital, Simon Equity Partners, Universal Music Group and Sony Music. Grammy-winning record producer, Rick Rubin, named by TIME Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” is a member of MOG’s Board of Directors.

Recent Milestones

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  MOG was acquired by Beats Electronics. (7/2/12)
  Posted 7/2/12 at 9:38pm via venturebeat.com
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  MOG received $9.5M in Series E funding. (2/26/10)
  Posted 2/26/10 at 12:37pm via gigaom.com
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  MOG received $5M in Venture Round funding. (8/27/09)
  Posted 8/27/09 at 2:42pm via techcrunch.com
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  MOG received $1M in Venture Round funding. (6/15/09)
  Posted 6/24/09 at 10:51pm via paidcontent.org
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  MOG received $2.8M in Series A funding. (4/29/08)
  Posted 4/29/08 at 9:54am
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  MOG added Scott Jones as Director. (1/1/08)
  Posted 8/16/10 at 10:57pm
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  MOG received $1.8M in Angel funding. (3/1/07)
  Posted 2/16/08 at 5:39pm via paidcontent.org
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  MOG received $1.4M in Angel funding. (1/1/07)
  Posted 2/16/08 at 5:39pm via paidcontent.org
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  MOG received $3.4M in Series A funding. (5/4/06)
  Posted 4/6/10 at 2:17am
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  MOG added Lucas Carlson as Senior Lead Developer. (2/1/06)
  Posted 7/8/10 at 9:39am
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  MOG — Hired Lucas Carlson (2/1/06)
  Posted 4/26/10 at 10:00pm via linkedin.com
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  MOG added David Hyman as CEO & Founder.
  Posted 2/16/08 at 5:09pm
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  MOG added Alex Brough as SVP, Sales and Strategic Partnerships.
  Posted 5/13/08 at 4:53pm
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  MOG added T Jay Fowler as VP, Products.
  Posted 1/6/09 at 4:36pm
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  MOG added Rick Rubin as Board of Directors.
  Posted 10/13/09 at 8:48pm
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  MOG added Rick Vorhaus as EVP, GM.
  Posted 11/4/11 at 9:34am

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Screenshots

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Above: MOG
Uploaded: 11/23/11

Sources

1. Beats Electronics officially buys MOG (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Cap Funding Report [edit]
3. paidcontent.org [edit]
4. paidcontent.org [edit]
5. Citation Needed [add]
6. SEC Funding Watch (paidcontent.org) [edit]
7. MOG Raises Another $5 Million As Traffic Nearly Doubles Since January (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Mog closes $9.5m funding led by Balderton Capital and Menlo Ventures, SEC (gigaom.com) [edit]
Senior Lead Developer (linkedin.com) [edit]