The Streaming Audio Marketplace, a RAIN News webinar and whitepaper sponsored by TargetSpot, is now freely available in two formats: a 50-page whitepaper, and the webinar slides. Click through to see the slides, and link to the whitepaper. Continue Reading
Ad-tech company XAPPmedia and mobile app developer jacapps have partnered to create JAX, a premium advertising service for the mobile audience. The alliance integrates voice-activated XAPP Ads into the jacapps mobile platform. Continue Reading
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A strategic overview of online audio advertising, the whitepaper is the most comprehensive piece of intelligence ever published on the online audio advertising industry. Continue Reading
Consulting and analytics firm Gartner released a prediction today, projecting that a quarter-billion connected cars will be on the road in 2020. The company notes that on-board Internet connectivity is starting to trickle down from premium models to mid-market cars. Continue Reading
Triton Digital today announced an exclusive partnership with eXelate to develop the first Data Management Platform (DMP) dedicated to streaming audio. The streaming audio industry is getting its first dedicated Big Data-crunching platform, better enabling participation in cross-channel ad campaigns. Continue Reading
TuneCore, a digital distribution service for musicians who wish to place their work in streaming music services, released a summary of its 2014 business. It’s a growth story from 2013, as the company added new distribution outlets, tracked more streams, and paid out more royalties to artists. Continue Reading
There’s still time (just barely!) to register for The Streaming Audio Marketplace: A Strategic Guide to Online Audio Advertising, a RAIN News webinar sponsored by TargetSpot. Click through for information ande registration. Continue Reading
In the tidal force of declining album/track sales, vinyl records represent one growing category. Small, but growing. Fine, but what about 78s, the first vinyl format? Not so much a growing category. Enter Radio Nostalgia, which features way-back oldies converted from 78 RPM records. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia released audience metrics for streaming platform iHeartRadio today. The headline statistic is 60-million registered users. With that, iHeart notes that ‘millions of users” also use the platform’s live-radio feature without registering. Continue Reading
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THIS WEEK: Streaming is bigger than AM/FM for teens; does streaming break hit songs?; Shazam is a billion-dollar company; Apple acquires a music data startup; Rdio expands again, reached 84 countries; Saavn music service hits audience milestone; Streamus makes YouTube Music easy Continue Reading
Bridge Ratings posted a new study which questioned listeners about the overlap of music they stream, and music they hear on the radio. The results portray the two mediums to be complementary in interesting ways. We spoke to Bridge Ratings President Dave Van Dyke. Continue Reading
When a reader and pureplay station operator sent us a government notice of SoundExchange’s intent to audit the streaming royalty payments made by Live365, iHeartMedia, and CBS Radio for 2011, 2012, and 2013, we turned to broadcast law attorney David Oxenford (author of the deeply informative Broadcast Law Blog) to find out how significant the action is. Continue Reading