Murfie is a commercial music streaming service originally based in

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. Murfie members buy, sell, and trade

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s and stream or download their contents. Additionally, members can digitize and store

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and LPs they sent from home to Murfie. Murfie was featured in ''

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. In 2012, Murfie became a member of Techstars. In 2014, Murfie announced they had lossless FLAC streaming available on Sonos devices. In November 2019, Murfie ceased operations, until January 2020 when the site's assets were acquired by Crossies LLC. John Fenley is the owner of both Murfie and Crossies. When Murfie was shut down, disks were not returned. After accusation, Crossies committed to the project of returning collections to those who had entrusted the Madison company with their music. An LLC set up after Murfie dissolved has been trying to return discs to customers. About 150,000 discs have been requested from a warehouse that is holding around 750,000, according to an email update from Murfie Customer Returns Service LLC, an independent organization set up to help customers get their music back.

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* {{Music digital distribution platforms Companies based in Madison, Wisconsin Companies based in Arkansas Music streaming services 2019 disestablishments in Arkansas American companies disestablished in 2019