This week we are revealing finalists in the 7th Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards! Today we are pleased to announce the advancing finalists in the “Best Podcast” and “Best Audio Startups” category. Continue Reading
As much as podcasting has accomplished in its two-year resurgence as an increasingly popular and mature content business category, there is a preparatory feeling to the young industry. Major challenges seem to stand between the present and a potential future in which “big money” buys into podcasting as a category standing alongside video, display, and radio. Continue Reading
This week we are revealing finalists in the 7th Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards! Today we are pleased to announce the advancing finalists in the “Best Podcast” and “Best Audio Startups” category. Continue Reading
Mark Edwards, managing general partner of multi-disciplinary media consultancy Mark Edwards Worldwide, pens a guest post about how technology is changing the position of radio. He focuses particularly on the traditional task of serving and informing local communities. Continue Reading
Shortly after the U.S. stock market closed on Thursday, Pandora announced that it had reached agreement with Warner Music for direct licensing of Warner recordings in Pandora’s upcoming on-demand music service. Pandora now appears locked and loaded to launch the on-demand service which has been in the works since last November. Continue Reading
This week we are revealing finalists in the 7th Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards! Today we are pleased to announce the advancing finalists in the “Best Streaming Broadcast Station” category. Continue Reading
This morning Pandora announced the initial roll-out of a mid-tier subscription service called Pandora Plus. Costing $4.99 a month, this plan eliminates commercials, raises the limit on skipping songs, includes song replays, and offers a version of offline radio listening. New features for free listening are also rolling out. It is a milestone day for Pandora, as it introduces one on-demand feature which moves the company into new legal and business territory. Continue Reading
This week we are revealing finalists in the 7th Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards! Today we are pleased to announce the advancing finalists in the “Best Overall Digital Strategy” category. Continue Reading
Radical.FM relaunched as Radical Indie this week, fulfilling a plan that started with a November shut-down of the previous online radio service to develop personal broadcasting features. It offers personalized, real-time broadcasting of music and talk. Continue Reading
Newly confirmed speakers at RAIN Summit Nashville include a Senior Editor at Rolling Stone and a group of students from Middle Tennessee State University who will talk about Millennial listening choices. Also: a “Millennials Talk” panel will examine what a group of college students listen to, where, how, and why. Continue Reading
Amazon has added Audible Channels to its Prime subscription service. Audible Channels features short- and long-form programming, both originally produced and syndicated from outside publishers. This is the first tie-up between Amazon-owned audible and Prime. Continue Reading
Pandora made a splash this morning in an announcement of new label agreements that will underpin a new on-demand music service that the company has been promising since acquiring Rdio assets last November. CEO Tim Westergren held an investor call… Continue Reading