Milk Music (streaming service)

{{Short description|Defunct music streaming service (2014-17)}}

{{Infobox online service

| name = Milk Music

| logo = File:Milk Music Logo.jpg

|developer= Samsung

|platform= Web, Android, Tizen

|website= {{URL|http://milk.samsung.com}}

}}

Milk Music was a freemium online music streaming service, with music streams and a recommendation engine powered by Slacker Radio,{{cite web| website=GIGAOM| title=Got Milk: after failing to steal Spotify's thunder, Samsung aims for Pandora| author=Roettgersmar, Janko| date=March 7, 2014| url=https://gigaom.com/2014/03/07/got-milk-after-failing-to-steal-spotifys-thunder-samsung-aims-for-pandora/| access-date=August 1, 2019| archive-date=August 1, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801072508/https://gigaom.com/2014/03/07/got-milk-after-failing-to-steal-spotifys-thunder-samsung-aims-for-pandora/| url-status=dead}} that offered ad-supported free streaming and ad-free subscription streaming services originally meant to compete with Pandora.{{cite web|author=Chang, Lulu|title=The fat lady has sung — Samsung Milk Music is officially no morewebsite=Digital Trends|date=September 27, 2017| url= https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-milk-music/}} When first introduced in March 2014, it was first available only as an app for Samsung headsets. In January 2015, Milk Music was made available to everyone as a website.{{cite web|url=https://gigaom.com/2015/01/05/milk-music-opens-up-on-the-web-samsung-adds-milk-apps-to-tvs/|website=GIGAOM|date=January 5, 2015|title=MILK FOR EVERYONE: Milk Music opens up on the web, Samsung adds Milk apps to TVs|author=Roettgers, Janko|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801072508/https://gigaom.com/2015/01/05/milk-music-opens-up-on-the-web-samsung-adds-milk-apps-to-tvs/|url-status=dead}}

Samsung began sunsetting Milk Music in September 2016, in the United States and some other markets,{{cite web|author=Chang, Lulu|title=The fat lady has sung — Samsung Milk Music is officially no morewebsite=Digital Trends|date=September 27, 2017| url= https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-milk-music/}}{{cite web |author=Liptak, Andrew |title=Samsung has shut down Milk Music |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/20/12567892/samsung-milk-music-september-slacker |date=September 22, 2016 |website=TheVerge}} and completed its worldwide shutdowns by October 23, 2017.{{cite web|author=Chang, Lulu|title=The fat lady has sung — Samsung Milk Music is officially no morewebsite=Digital Trends|date=September 27, 2017| url= https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-milk-music/}} Any installed instance of the app will prompt the user to download Slacker Radio.{{cite web |author=Liptak, Andrew |title=Samsung has shut down Milk Music |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/20/12567892/samsung-milk-music-september-slacker |date=September 22, 2016 |website=TheVerge}}