As a refresher, we wrote about Shuffler back in August, detailing how the service acts as "Pandora for music blogs." Basically, it lets you navigate through music blogs of varying genres, whilst also listening to whatever music is featured on those blogs. Now, Spin has this listening-while-reading functionality built right in.
If you head over to Spin.com right now, you'll see the option to "Shuffle SPIN.com!" Clicking on this option will allow you to listen to music featured on the site, while also reading content -- you're no longer forced to sit on a page in which a stream is embedded. You can also skip through songs you don't particularly want to hear, and share jams via Facebook and Twitter.
According to Spin, the company is now the exclusive worldwide sales partner for Shuffler.fm, and will also be including these listening tools in other Spin properties, such as Hipster Runoff, The Couch Sessions and Pretty Amazing.
"Shuffler is a great service for Spin to partner with as it allows for music discovery through the filter of the world's best blogs. It's a great way to find new music, while also discovering new sites with an interesting point of view,” says Mike Albanese, Spin Media Digital Publisher.