Slacker Announces Integration With Bing Bar

SAN DIEGO, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. today announced integration with the Bing Bar. The new Bing Bar version provides richer access to social connections, updated versions of the most popular Bing Bar apps, as well as the addition of Slacker Radio.

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The Bing Bar can be downloaded for free by visiting the Bing Bar page. Current users of Bing Bar will get the upgrade automatically delivered soon or by visiting this link at Discover Bing.

"Whether on your phone, in the car, or now on the Bing Bar, Slacker is dedicated to providing easy access to the best radio experience," said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. "With a simple click on the Bing Bar, music fans can discover new bands and artists, enjoy the ones they love, or listen to additional content ranging from live sports to news and comedy."

Slacker Radio is dedicated to offering a fully customizable online radio experience that includes the most varied and compelling range of personalized content offered by any Internet radio service. The Slacker Radio experience includes over 150 expert-programmed music stations, personalized ESPN Sports and ABC News content and live streaming programs, comedy stations, custom artist-hosted showcase stations and leading music festival stations. Coming soon, Slacker will add new lifestyle stations, American Public Media programming and The Weather Channel updates. With a music catalog that is over ten times larger than Pandora, the leading radio competitor, Slacker Radio gives listeners the ultimate music and content discovery resource.

About Slacker, Inc.

Slacker offers more personalized content than any other radio service. With over 150-expert programmed stations, delivering custom experiences for music, ESPN Radio, ABC News, comedy and more, Slacker has customizable content for every listener. The unbeatable combination of hand-curated stations by music experts along with a music catalog that is 10 times larger than Pandora, makes Slacker Radio the ultimate personal radio service.

Listen for free online today on the Slacker web site, in Ford vehicles with SYNC AppLink, on connected home devices or on-the-go with free Slacker Personal Radio applications. The free Slacker mobile applications are available for iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry smartphones and more. Slacker is the only radio service to offer a full range of listening options from the ad-supported free service, up to a full on-demand music subscription for both web and mobile.  For additional information visit: http://www.Slacker.com/about.

For regular Slacker updates follow @SlackerRadio on Twitter, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/Slacker, watch Slacker video content at http://www.YouTube.com/Slacker or visit www.Slacker.com.

Slacker and Slacker.com are registered trademarks of Slacker, Inc. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective companies.

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