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Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify drops longstanding PR firm; continued piracy problems and potential solutions.
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Guest contributor Larry Rosin notes that even with surge of publicity for podcasts, many people don't quite know what they are.
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Consulting and analytics firm Gartner released a prediction today, projecting that a quarter-billion connected cars will be on the road in 2020. The company notes that on-board Internet connectivity is starting to trickle down from premium models to mid-market cars.
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Apple has filed for a new patent that could change how digital rights management is handled in its music properties. iTunes buyers could potentially share files downloaded from the store. If it plays out that way, it could open a secondary revenue stream for Apple's decelerating music store.
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Triton Digital today announced an exclusive partnership with eXelate to develop the first Data Management Platform (DMP) dedicated to streaming audio. The streaming audio industry is getting its first dedicated Big Data-crunching platform, better enabling participation in cross-channel ad campaigns.
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New data from Nielsen highlighted the massive shift to online listening. The Music 360 2014 study found that 93% of Americans listen to musicmore than 25 hours a week. Many do so while at work, doing chores, and in the car. The meat of the new report is how convincingly listeners have shifted online.
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TuneCore, a digital distribution service for musicians who wish to place their work in streaming music services, released a summary of its 2014 business. It's a growth story from 2013, as the company added new distribution outlets, tracked more streams, and paid out more royalties to artists.
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There's still time (just barely!) to register for The Streaming Audio Marketplace: A Strategic Guide to Online Audio Advertising, a RAIN News webinar sponsored by TargetSpot. Click through for information ande registration.
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In the tidal force of declining album/track sales, vinyl records represent one growing category. Small, but growing. Fine, but what about 78s, the first vinyl format? Not so much a growing category. Enter Radio Nostalgia, which features way-back oldies converted from 78 RPM records.
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Rumors started circulating last month about Blinkbox Music coming under Guvera’s wing, and those speculations were confirmed today. Guvera has purchased the music streaming platform from UK retailer Tesco. Financial terms of the deal were not released. The music service has 2.5 million registered users for its app and delivers about 100 million streams a month.
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Rocki has added Spotify to its roster of supported audio services. Rocki makes a device that plugs into traditional speaker systems and gives them WiFi capability. With the addition of Spotify Connect, owners of the Rocki device can listen to and control their music from within the Spotify mobile app.
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