January
Live365 announces shut-down at the end of January
See more “Seventeen sweet years ago” — Live365 pulls the plug
See more U.S. streaming doubled in 2015 (Nielsen)
See more NPR names Anya Grundmann VP of programming and audience development
See more Deezer: $109M new funding, bigger library, future plans
See more Triton Digital launches ad platform for podcasts
See more February
SoundExchange royalty collections reach record numbers in 2015
See more Public radio coalition releases podcast measurement guidelines
See more Spotify videos and podcasts arrive, competing with YouTube and iTunes
See more BBC may merge radio and TV in dramatic reorganization
See more The patchwork life of MixRadio comes to an end as shutdown is announced
See more YouTube acquires BandPage
See more RIAA adds stream counts to gold, platinum album certification
See more March
Tim Westergren, Pandora founder, takes over as CEO
See more MILESTONE: Online radio a weekly habit for Americans
See more INFINITE DIAL 2015: Streaming goes wide, YouTube is mainstream, podcasting grows
See more RIAA: At $2B, streaming was music’s top revenue source in 2015
See more SoundCloud’s paid streaming subscription has arrived
See more PodcastOne launches Premium membership
See more April
Jelli launches demand-side platform for broadcast; leading agencies buy in
See more Apple Music up to 13 million subs
See more Music consumption explodes worldwide, powered by streaming (IFPI)
See more Google Play Music rolls out podcasts
See more Rhapsody announces new CEO
See more NYT creates audio division for podcast development
See more May
Radionomy blocks U.S. listening on TuneIn because of CRB rates
See more Streaming advertising revenue projected to triple in 10 years (SNL Kagan)
See more PRX launches RadioPublic as “radio rethought” for mobile landscape
See more Acast launches paid platform for premium podcast access
See more Podtrac introduces a ranker of top podcast shows and networks
See more Digitally Imported launches track purchasing to complete “All Inclusive” platform
See more June
DoJ announces consent decree decision: No change, plus a new rule
See more Apple Music: 15-million subscribers and a redesign
See more New CEO for PodcastOne
See more Spotify has 100 million active users
See more iHeartRadio and AdsWizz launch private programmatic market for streaming radio
See more Last.fm hits 100 billion plays over 14 years
See more DoJ announces consent decree decision: No change, plus a new rule
See more July
Audio streams double, digital continues to perform [Nielsen H1 report]
See more Spotify officially launches global programmatic ad offering
See more Pandora rebuffed a purchase offer from Sirius XM’s owner
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Rhapsody is officially Napster once more
See more Audio streaming more than doubles in first half of 2016 (BuzzAngle)
See more August
Deezer launches in the U.S.
See more PodcastOne inks Forbes to develop new network
See more Samsung is closing Milk Music for good
See more Podcast host ART19 officially launches with new audience measurement technology
See more Live365 set to return: Big news for small webcasters
See more iHeartRadio hits 90 million registered users
See more September
Frank Ocean’s Apple exclusive is out: A surprise title, but not a surprise launch
See more Spotify zips up to 40 million subscribers
See more RIAA: Subscription streaming revenue doubled in U.S. for H1 2016
See more RAIN Awards 2016 Winners
See more Songwriters sue Justice Department over consent decree changes
See more Nielsen: 80% of Americans stream audio
See more October
BBC Head of Radio Helen Boaden to step down
See more AudioHQ to exclusively rep Triton Digital’s U.S. advertising inventory; Triton sales team joins AudioHQ
See more Garth Brooks now streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Music
See more BBC names Bob Shennan as director of radio
See more SoundExchange files royalty rate request for satelite radio
See more November
Amazon Music Unlimited launches: An on-demand subscription showcasing Echo
See more Pandora, TuneIn, and AccuRadio launch Harmonic Audio Network for advertisers
See more PodcastOne stakes out Australia in 2017 with Southern Cross Austereo alliance
See more Samsung acquires Harman in $8-billion bet on connected cars
See more December
Dept of Justice appeals fractional licensing in BMI consent decree
See more iHeartRadio launches on-demand music service: RAIN Review and competitive outlook
See more Apple Music up to 20 million subscribers
See more Pandora Premium: First look
See more FCC head Tom Wheeler resigns, net neutrality threatened
See more Apple saw 10 billion podcast downloads and streams in 2016
See more Nielsen acquires Gracenote, locks in ASCAP deal
See more YouTube has paid $1 billion to the music biz from ads in 2016
Facebook finally launches a native audio product, but it has limits
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