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Month: November 2013

Spotify as star-maker

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Brad Hill

The “Spotify debate” swirls around one core hypothesis: Musicians don’t get enough value from the service. As such, Spotify is a surrogate for music streaming sites, which promote access instead of ownership, and attention instead of purchases. The debate flared… Continue Reading →

News Spotify, Spotify debate

Pureplay of the Day: Web-Radio Christmas

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Brad Hill

The Christmas season begins this weekend, and the Christmas-music season along with it. Actually, as we have observed over the past few weeks, holiday music started in early November, on both the broadcast and pureplay sides of the fence. But… Continue Reading →

News Christmas programming, Pureplay of the Day

Rocki: A Chromecast for audio?

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Brad Hill

Just as Chromecast, a $35 HDMI plug-in dongle from Google, is a simple way to stream video to a television, a little device called Rocki does the same for audio to analog speakers by turning them into WiFi-enabled speakers. Engadget… Continue Reading →

Tech Rocki, Wifi speakers

Digital audio company wins tech award

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Brad Hill

Triton Digital, a digital audio multi-dimensional platform that provides streaming, measurement, and advertising services, has won the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Award. Derived from a pool of 1,000-plus nominations solicited over the course of the year, the award recognizes… Continue Reading →

News, Tech Triton Digital

NextRadio releases usage metrics

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Brad Hill

Emmis-owned TagStation, which produces and distributes the NextRadio broadcast listening app for smartphones, released usage statistics for the program’s first 100 days of live operation. Headline brags are: 75,000-plus app downloads 5,100-plus FM stations tuned from the app 33,000-plus listening… Continue Reading →

AM/FM/HD/Satellite, Metrics & Research, News mp3, MP3 players, nextradio, TagStation

Soundrop moves fast; expands to Deezer

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Brad Hill

Group-listening app Soundrop announced an extension of its platform to Deezer, as a built-in app in the Paris-based music service. Soundrop has been associated with Spotify since 2011, operating within Spotify’s app ecosystem. It also works independently as a mobile… Continue Reading →

News Deezer, Soundrop, Spotify

Pandora shifts royalty focus away from Internet Radio Fairness Act

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Brad Hill

According to a report in Billboard, Pandora will no longer lobby for passage of the Internet Radio Fairness Act (IRFA). Instead, according to Billboard’s source, the Internet radio company will concentrate on the upcoming statutory royalty period, the rates for… Continue Reading →

News Copyright Royalty Board, Internet Radio Fairness Act, Pandora

Turntable.fm slows to a stop

Posted on November 25, 2013 by admin

After about two years and over 400-million songs, Turntable.fm is surrendering to high costs and the challenges of monetizing streaming music. As noted in RAIN, Turntable.fm launched a live-concert listening feature earlier this year. In a note to users, the service… Continue Reading →

News Turntable.fm

Spotify extends its runway with new funding

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Brad Hill

Jumbo jets need longer runways to take off than smaller planes. With reported new funding that nearly doubles its previous capital investment, jukebox service Spotify buys time to continue building momentum. The question is: Whither the destination? Spotify’s new funding… Continue Reading →

News Spotify

Winamp and SHOUTcast likely to expire

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Brad Hill

Venerable music player Winamp is being discontinued by parent company AOL. The announcement marks the end of an era, at least symbolically. As a follow-up on that news, Internet radio platform SHOUTcast, developed by Winamp and housed under the Nullsoft… Continue Reading →

News AOL, Nullsoft, Shoutcast, Winamp

The Echo Nest launches new ad-targeting product

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Brad Hill

In a dramatic extension of its core data intelligence business, The Echo Nest has announced a music advertising product that gives ad networks, and music services, audience segmenting possibilities. The solution is called Music Audience Understanding. Keying off The Echo… Continue Reading →

News, Tech audience segmentation, digital music advertising, Pandora, The Echo Nest

The Pandora earnings story

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Brad Hill

“We have made significant progress in disrupting traditional radio in a short time, but we are just getting started.” –Brian McAndrews, Pandora CEO Pandora’s business mission is essentially invasive, intending to transform consumer habits by migrating listening from broadcast to Internet.… Continue Reading →

News Brian McAndrews, earnings, Mike Herring, Pandora

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