In our recent story about Universal Music Group’s deal with Yoto, we spotted that ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ had been removed from a Queen album.
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Kids’ speaker startup Yoto now has a deal with Universal Music
Queen will soon be reaching their youngest set of listeners yet, courtesy of Universal Music Group’s latest partnership.
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Kids’ speaker startup Yoto reveals new device and WMG deal
Yoto, which makes speakers for children, has unveiled its third-generation hardware and a deal with Warner Music Group.
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Mr Bongo takes music from Brazil, Ghana and Mali to Yoto
Yoto is the children’s speaker that launched via Kickstarter in 2017 as an effort to create a privacy-friendly alternative to smart speakers designed for adults.
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Children’s speaker startup Yoto raises $17m funding round
It was only yesterday that we were writing about children’s speaker startup Yoto launching an exclusive set of music albums. Now it has some funding news too. The British company has […]
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Yoto children’s speaker gets series of exclusive music albums
We covered British startup Yoto when it launched in 2017. Founded by former 7digital boss Ben Drury, it was a speaker for children, minus the privacy worries of smart speakers for grown-ups, but stocked with music, stories and educational content.
Now the company is deepening its catalogue of music, with some exclusive releases from children’s music artists including Jazzy Ash, Caspar Babypants, Elliott Park, and Sonia De Los Santos. The music is delivered on ‘cards’ that slot in to the Yoto device.
“This is just the start of Yoto’s new music content journey. We are going to continue to offer music from a broad spectrum of diverse music creators that is beautifully made and thoughtfully put together,” said the company’s head of music Dom Hodge. Buzz is growing around Yoto in the children’s entertainment world: Disney, Pixar and Lego are among its other recent partnerships.
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Former 7digital boss launches Yoto smart-speaker for kids
Smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo and Google Home are a sensitive subject when it comes to children. While both those companies are encouraging developers to create child-friendly ‘skills’, there are concerns around privacy issues and data storage.
Former 7digital CEO Ben Drury is hoping to avoid that with his new venture Yoto: a smart speaker for children that doesn’t have a microphone or use / record voice commands.