Rdio an "expanded" experience incorporating this IP in late 2016. On April 2, 2013 Rdio launched Vdio, a movie and television show streaming service. Vdio was set up similarly to Rdio but adopted a pay-per-view model. The service focused on newly released titles from major Hollywood studios like Disney, Fox, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros. Current Rdio subscribers were given US$25 in credit to spend on Vdio. Vdio was shut down on December 27, 2013. In 2013, "Entertainment Weekly" compared a number of music services and judged Rdio the best, grading it "A" and writing that it had "by far the
Criticism of Spotify wage of $1,160. In October 2011, U.S. independent label Projekt Records stated: "In the world I want to live in, I envision artists fairly compensated for their creations, because we (the audience) believe in the value of what artists create. The artist's passion, dedication, and expression is respected and rewarded. Spotify is NOT a service that does this. Projekt will not be part of this unprincipled concept." In March 2012, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys said that "Spotify isn't fair to artists", and further commented that streaming services "are becoming more popular, but it still isn’t at a point