{"id":9942,"date":"2016-04-15T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=9942"},"modified":"2016-04-14T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T14:05:34","slug":"cur-media-raise-2m-to-launch-music-streamer-for-casual-listeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/cur-media-raise-2m-to-launch-music-streamer-for-casual-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00dcR Media Raise $2m To Launch Music Streamer For Casual Listeners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>C\u00dcR Media have raised $2 million in funding just weeks after missing their deadline for payments to major record labels, putting them back on track with their music streaming service.<\/h4>\n<p>After successfully raising $2 million in investment from Intuitive Venture Partners and Katalyst Securities, C\u00dcR Media are back on track with their music streaming service.\u00a0C\u00dcR Music is currently in public beta and upon launch aims to be the service for the casual listeners, with prices starting at $1.99 a month.\u00a0C\u00dcR Music works like Pandora with a radio-streaming style format and has two tiers of subscription: Octo for $1.99 and Inked for $4.99 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Founder and CEO of\u00a0C\u00dcR Media, Tom Brophy said: &#8220;I&#8217;m pleased to have completed this financing and to move our company one step closer toward the launch of\u00a0C\u00dcR Music. I&#8217;m grateful for my team who have worked diligently to prepare a terrific and competitive product for consumers at a price-point of $1.99 per month that works for the masses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This $2 million raise is a significant step forward in our plans to officially launch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CURmusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CURmusic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DqrU2PkxU5\">https:\/\/t.co\/DqrU2PkxU5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CUR Media, Inc. (@CURMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CURMedia\/status\/720396203213660160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although their CEO seems assuredly optimistic at this point, their funding comes after\u00a0C\u00dcR Media missed $8 million in advance payments at the end of January. With their investment they have been able to pay $500,000 of their owings to labels but that still leaves a large $7.5 million of payments due by a new deadline of June 15, 2016.\u00a0C\u00dcR Music haven&#8217;t mentioned how they plan to find so much money in two months but they&#8217;re showing no signs of impending doom.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00dcR Music could provide a unique service with it&#8217;s low paywall drawing in all the people who are interested in streaming music but not ready to pay $10+ a month. 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