BandPage has been acquired by YouTube. The artist support and engagement platform announced the purchase today, and he company reaffirmed its commitment to helping artists access digital tools and services.” Continue Reading
The European Broadcasting Union released a report on digital radio. With French and Italian regulators working on digital radio licensing plans as broadcasters find ways to shift their focus, the report paints a picture of a continent making strides forward into adoption of new technology. Continue Reading
Yesterday. There were acquisition rumors. There was an earnings call. There was a jittery-up-and-down stock price. In the middle of all that, Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews laid out the company’s key lines of strategy in this ambitious and pivotal year. Continue Reading
“We’re invested in the long-term and I could not have more conviction about the ability of Pandora to lead the future of music,” CEO Brian McAndrews said in announcing the company’s financials for Q4 and FY 2015. Revenue for the quarter reached $336.2 million, up 25% from the year-ago period. Continue Reading
The UK is getting a second national DAB digital radio multiplex network on Feb. 29. The network is coming courtesy of Sound Digital, a joint venture formed by Arqiva, Bauer Media, and UTV Media in 2014. Three of the channels will be using the DAB+ standard. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify’s programmatic plans; when companies sponsor podcasts; Sonos taps into neurological research. Continue Reading
TuneCore’s artists eared more than $142 million in 2015 thanks to a 47% increase in publishing revenue and a 57% spike in sync revenue. The full-year figure was up 7% over the clients’ earnings in 2014. Continue Reading
Vevo has updated its apps for multiple channels, furthering its efforts to become a standalone entity separate from YouTube. It updated its apps on Android and Apple TV with an eye toward increasing personalization, curation, and discovery. Continue Reading
Global revenue from mobile app stores is projected to reach $50.9 billion this year, according to a new report from App Annie. That would mark 24% growth over the $41.1 billion in gross revenue from 2015. Continue Reading
MixRadio has signed on to use the Digital Audio Exchange (Dax) run by UK media company Global. The streaming audio platform will use Global’s exchange to monetize its inventory. Dax was created in 2014 as a hub for direct and programmatic advertising. Continue Reading
This week in 2010, Spotify was still 18 months away from opening in the U.S., and music subscription streaming had not caught the imagination of American consumers. We throw back to pundits wondering whether “renting” music would ever catch on. Continue Reading
Edison Research presented new research at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville this week. The slide presentation is a dazzling, Star Wars-influenced “Ear Wars” show complete with deep-space Lucas-style video backgrounds. Within, Edison reveals new numbers from its ongoing Share of Ear study. Continue Reading