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Senzari and Raditaz, two customizable web radio services, are in the news today for generating new funding and debuting new features.

Miami-based Senzari has just closed a round of funding totaling $1 million. That adds to an earlier funding round of $2 million. Senzari is looking to take on Pandora with a larger music library (11 million songs), deep integration with Facebook and international availability (RAIN coverage here). TechCrunch has more coverage here.

Meanwhile, web radio service Raditaz revealed a website redesign (pictured) and announced some new features, including song lyrics, artist bios and an updated music discovery engine. Raditaz uses The Echo Nest to create custom radio stations based on up to 5 artists or 5 songs. Its library contains 14 million songs. PC World has more coverage here.

TechCrunch recently sat down for a video interview with CEO of The Echo Nest, Jim Lucchese. The discussion explains a little about what Echo Nest does, which companies they're working with (including some big players, like Clear Channel) and how Lucchese envisions the music industry's near future. You can watch the video above (TechCrunch's article can be found here). 

Lucchese will be a panelist at the upcoming RAIN Summit West 2012 conference. He'll join Slacker CEO Jim Cady, iHeartRadio's Owen Grover and Rovi's Michael Papish (along with moderator Sean Ross) to discuss Personalized Radio.

You can find out more about RAIN Summit West 2012 right here.

The recently-launched customizable web radio service Senzari (RAIN coverage here) is reportedly backed by $2 million in funding, reports TechCrunch.

That funding comes from "undisclosed angel investors in Silicon Valley and Boston (mainly friends and family) and a private equity group in Southern California."

You can find TechCrunch's coverage here.

Internet radio service Radionomy has raised $15 million in a round of fundraising. The European service (found here) is similar to Live365, in that it allows users to build web radio stations that others can tune in to.

TechCrunch reports that the service streams over 30 million hours of content per month. Though based in Europe, U.S. listeners reportedly account for 30% of Radionomy's audience.

You can find more coverage from TechCrunch here.