{"id":277763,"date":"2019-06-01T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiTmh0dHBzOi8vYWZyaWNhLmNndG4uY29tLzIwMTkvMDYvMDEvZXRoaW9waWEtdG8tbGF1bmNoLWl0cy1vd24tbXVzaWMtcGhvbmUtYXBwL9IBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:18:48","slug":"ethiopia-prepared-to-launch-an-amharic-named-music-phone-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277763","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia prepared to launch an Amharic-named music phone app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2019 CGTN reported that Ethiopia was preparing to launch a mobile app in Addis Ababa that would give users access to an archive of Ethiopian music, marketed under an Amharic name.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-601742\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/culture-national-theatre-1280.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopia prepared to launch an Amharic-named music phone app\" \/>\n<p>A local music library on phones mattered for artists and listeners who wanted easier legal access to recordings beyond fragmented YouTube and CD markets.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as tech and culture archive, the CGTN note dates an early attempt to package Ethiopian music for smartphone users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.cgtn.com\/2019\/06\/01\/ethiopia-to-launch-its-own-music-phone-app\/\">CGTN<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia to launch its own music phone app&nbsp;&nbsp;cgtn.comA mobile phone app that gives users access to an archive of Ethiopian music is set to be launched in the capital, Addis Ababa. The app known by the Amharic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":601742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/culture-national-theatre-1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1ag3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755001,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277763\/revisions\/755001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}