Quick Hits: Programmatic ad study; Alibaba’s music venture
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. TODAY: IAB study of programmatic advertising; Alibaba expands music ventures in China. Continue Reading
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Report: Apple’s importance in podcast delivery
The headline isn’t breaking news, but a new research report by Clammr quantifies a couple of realities of the podcast industry. Apple’s apps drive a majority of mobile (and probably all) podcast listening. Continue Reading
Conversation with Art Bell, who returns to (Internet) radio tonight
As we reported last month, famed radio host Art Bell is returning to the air tonight, with a new talk program called Midnight in the Desert. We spoke with the famed radio personality on the phone about his imminent return to radio, and the newness of creating an Internet-first program. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Pandora programmatic; YouTube compared to cable; Spotify’s new playlist
Worthy news items and interesting reads from around the web. Today: Analyzing Pandora programmatic; YouTube is bigger than cable; inside Spotify’s new playlist. Continue Reading
Internet Radio Rewind #51: Neil Young exaggerates; FTC and Apple; how do high-schoolers listen?
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The weekly update of the streaming audio industry, from RAIN News. THIS WEEK: Neil Young exaggerates; FTC and Apple; how do high-schoolers listen? Continue Reading
8tracks starts rolling out new web interface for enhanced playlist discovery
Playlist radio service 8tracks has launched a new web interface in beta to a limited number of users. The refreshed user experience is underpinned by technology which surfaces playlist suggestions based on listening history, previous searches, and social activity on the 8tracks platform. Continue Reading
Webcast listening inched down in May; over 75% mobile
Webcast listening in May dropped a couple of percentage points from April’s numbers, according to Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker, released today. the may report broke a five-month string of consecutive gains. At the same time, mobile listening to streams topped 75%. Continue Reading
WideOrbit obtains three patents for streaming inventions
In a burst of invention and technology ownership, ad-management firm Wideorbit acquired three patents related to streaming audio. One of them represents a technology which allows song-skipping in radio simulcasts, emulating one of Pandora’s most popular features. Continue Reading
The Download on Podcasts: A rate sheet for podcast producers hints at growing professionalism
The Download on Podcasts is a weekly feature sponsored by PodcastOne.
Air Media, a coalition of audio producers specializing in public service media, has developed (perhaps “invented” is a better word) a rate sheet for freelance podcasting work. The rate sheet might appear as an arbitrary wish-list to many podcasters, but the importance lies in helping to professionalize the podcast category.
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Berklee study seeks solutions to streaming payment dysfunction
The Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship has released the results of a year-long study of the contemporary music industry, a whitepaper with recommendations for creating better rights tracking for music creators and owners. The whitepaper is a primer, a backgrounder, and an advocacy document. Continue Reading
High school class of 2015 listens to more Spotify, less Pandora
Research company Niche has released its annual survey of media usage among high school graduates. The survey collected responses from 10,000 members of the 2015 graduating high school class. Spotify is the big music gainer, but Pandora still rules. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio launches desktop app for Mac
While streaming audio is a mobile-first content category (over 60% of stream listening occurs in iOS and Android devices, according to Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics), desktop listening is hardly dead. Recognizing that, iHeartRadio launched a desktop app for Apple Mac computers. Continue Reading