Slate-owned podcast group Panoply announced that Sports Illustrated is joining as a partner program provider with 11 podcasts. The program selection includes existing and new on-demand shows. The agreement marks Panoply’s first venture into sports programming. Continue Reading
How do people discover music? Since 2002, radio’s role as the first source of discovery has plummeted while the Internet has risen. In this guest column, Larry Rosin explains another way to see radio’s ongoing importance as a hitmaker. Continue Reading
Midroll Media, freshly in its new home as a wholly owned subsidiary of E.W. Scripps, announced today the lauch of Howl Premium, a subscription service that delivers ad-free, curated podcast listening. A Neftflix-like approach to podcast discovery? Continue Reading
Mad Genius Radio, a lean-back listening platform that allows stream customization by mixing genres and balancing how each type of music is weighted in the stream, will close on Thursday, August 20. Founder Eric Neumann contacted RAIN with the news. Continue Reading
In what has come to be known as the “freemium debate,” arguments focus on whether ad-supported listening to vast catalogs of music, with limited interactivity, effectively funnel users to music subscription plans that yield high-margin royalty payments to labels and artists. The CEO of UMG thinks it’s all about balance. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. TODAY: Apple reveals streaming numbers of Dr. Dre’s exclusive album release; Spotify helps an artist know where to plan tour stops; the price of music subscriptions is examined in the context of what people paid for music in 1999. Continue Reading
Fresh from its celebration over AT&T’s commitment to ask its phone builders to activate internal FM reception chips, Emmis-owned NextRadio campaigned for T-Mobile to do the same. Today CEO John Legere agreed. Good momentum for NextRadio, but still an uphill climb before radio benefits. Continue Reading
The highest office in the U.S. indirectly endorses streaming and is a good “get” for Spotify, which announced today that the White House has placed to summer playlists on the service, purportedly hand-built by the President. Continue Reading
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The weekly update of the streaming audio industry, from RAIN News. THIS WEEK: A podcasting “upfront”; one-trillion streams; new music service from a phone maker; Rdio does radio; Apple’s new patent. Continue Reading
On the Move tracks hires, promotions, and other notable personnel changes in the audio industry. Pandora hires Scott Riggs; Mary Beth Agase joins AccuRadio. Continue Reading
The Podcast Movement podcasting conference is an annual event that recently conluded its second year. It was founded by Dan Franks, a CPA who specializes in small business asnd entrepreneurial accounting. We spoke with Franks on the phone about the podcast industry. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Westergren replies to Byrne; Bluetooth — magic for streaming audio?; brand storytelling through programmatic advertising. Continue Reading