And interestingly, changes in information consumption could turn out to create economic opportunities for both content creators and content curators.

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By blending a team of expert music curators and content programmers with cutting-edge analytics, Slacker delivers a seamless music discovery experience and uniquely personalized entertainment.

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Curators are not content creators.

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Slacker also raises the bar for music discovery, highlighting stations, personalized picks and exclusive content from Slacker's team of expert curators.

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Then we have tens of millions of these curators that basically slice that creative content up in all those permutations partly in an effort to be pacemakers and partly in an effort to express themselves with the tool that they have.

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For Aufderheide, Curators deserve this new-found place in the content ecosystem.

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