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iHeartRadio app is now available on Apple Watch

On Monday, iHeartRadio unveiled its new app for the Apple Watch, the company told CNET exclusively. The app arrives just as the Apple Watch Series 6 and Watch SE go on sale with a slew of health and fitness features as well as new updates in WatchOS 7.  iHeartRadio lets you listen to music, radio …

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iHeart’s Your Weekly Mixtape no clone of Spotify Discover Weekly (really)

Add iHeartRadio to the parade of music-streaming services chasing Spotify with a personalized weekly playlist. Radio giant iHeart, though, would point out one central difference between its new Your Weekly Mixtape — a personalized playlist of 30 songs that refreshes every Monday, starting today — and Spotify‘s hit feature Discover Weekly, which is… a personalized playlist of 30 songs that refreshes every …

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iHeartMedia files for bankruptcy protection

iHeartMedia, the largest internet radio broadcasting company in the US, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. Operator of the iHeartRadio music streaming service, iHeartMedia has been saddled by massive debt since its leveraged buyout of billboard company Clear Channel Outdoor in 2008. The company said it had reached an agreement with debt holders to restructure more than $10 …

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iHeartRadio unveils Facebook, Samsung Bixby support at CES 2018

iHeartRadio has gone to bot.  The streaming music service unleashed a slew of product integrations announcements at CES Monday. Listeners will be able to access iHeartRadio through its first bot, a helper on Facebook Messenger; and Garmin’s GPS running watch Forerunner 645 Music.  iHeartRadio, the digital arm of traditional radio giant iHeartMedia, has been extending itself deeper into technologies after …

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iHeart, traditional radio titan, takes on Spotify too

The lifeblood of iHeart is still radio, now pumped with options for the digital age. iHeartMedia, the biggest terrestrial radio company in the US and operator of online service iHeartRadio, launched two streaming memberships in a beta “test” mode Thursday, giving customers ways to unlock more access to tunes. A $5-a-month “Plus” membership lets you replay songs you hear on …

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