<s>
Songza	B-Application
was	O
a	O
free	O
music	O
streaming	O
and	O
recommendation	B-Application
service	O
for	O
Internet	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songza	B-Application
offered	O
playlists	O
for	O
activities	O
such	O
as	O
waking	O
up	O
,	O
working	O
out	O
,	O
commuting	O
,	O
concentrating	O
,	O
unwinding	O
,	O
entertaining	O
,	O
and	O
sleeping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songza	B-Application
was	O
headquartered	O
in	O
the	O
Long	O
Island	O
City	O
neighborhood	O
of	O
the	O
Queens	O
borough	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songza	B-Application
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Google	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Google	O
announced	O
Songza	B-Application
would	O
merge	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Music	I-Application
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
site	O
is	O
offline	O
,	O
displaying	O
a	O
redirect	O
to	O
YouTube	B-Application
Music	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amie	O
Street	O
acquired	O
Songza	B-Application
,	O
a	O
product	O
created	O
by	O
Aza	O
Raskin	O
and	O
Scott	O
Robbin	O
,	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
this	O
the	O
co-founders	O
CEO	O
Elias	O
Roman	O
,	O
COO	O
Peter	O
Asbill	O
,	O
CPO	O
Elliott	O
Breece	O
and	O
CCO	O
Eric	O
Davich	O
refocused	O
their	O
efforts	O
on	O
Songza	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
discontinued	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
and	O
relaunched	O
a	O
new	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
Songza	B-Application
,	O
keeping	O
nothing	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
product	O
but	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
testing	O
various	O
iterations	O
of	O
the	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
,	O
Songza	B-Application
relaunched	O
in	O
beta	O
on	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
on	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
armed	O
with	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
25	O
expert	O
music	O
curators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
Songza	B-Application
released	O
its	O
Music	O
Concierge	O
feature	O
,	O
on	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
was	O
rolled	O
out	O
to	O
iPad	O
on	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
2012	O
;	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
ten	O
days	O
following	O
the	O
iPad	O
app	O
launch	O
,	O
Songza	B-Application
saw	O
over	O
1.15	O
million	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
12	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Songza	B-Application
was	O
listed	O
as	O
the	O
top	O
free	O
app	O
on	O
iTunes	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	O
and	O
the	O
number	O
two	O
free	O
app	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concierge	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	O
on	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Build	O
developer	O
event	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
Songza	B-Application
snuck	O
in	O
its	O
official	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songza	B-Application
launched	O
in	O
Canada	O
on	O
August	O
7	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
reached	O
the	O
one	O
million	O
download	O
mark	O
after	O
70	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
Songza	B-Application
began	O
inserting	O
pop-up	O
audio/video	O
ads	O
when	O
initiating	O
a	O
playlist	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
"	O
audio-ad	O
free	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songza	B-Application
reported	O
having	O
5.5	O
million	O
regular	O
users	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songza	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Music	I-Application
All	I-Application
Access	I-Application
service	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
include	O
functionality	O
adapted	O
from	O
Songza	B-Application
's	O
Concierge	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songza	B-Application
was	O
merged	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Music	I-Application
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
which	O
itself	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Songza	B-Application
website	O
is	O
offline	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
former	O
URL	O
displays	O
a	O
redirect	O
to	O
YouTube	B-Application
Music	I-Application
,	O
Google	O
's	O
current	O
music	O
streaming	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
