In an interesting collaboration that mashes together social networking, radio-style request lines, and purepaly streaming, Bollywood-oriented music service Saavn is partnering with Twitter to enable tweeted music requests. Continue Reading
Pandora updated its iPhone and Android apps, giving user more control of their stations and a shiny new interface to certain functions. The refreshed apps are being roll out incrementally to Pandora’s large listenership, with three percent of users added to the initial beta period. Continue Reading
Milwaukee 50,000-watt talk powerhouse WTMJ, flagship station of the Green Bay Packers (since 1929), Milwaukee Brewers, and Milwaukee Bucks, is covering high-school football and basketball via pureplay streaming on the Radionomy platform. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Slacker Radio prepares for in-car listening; pre-1972 chaos predicted by attorney; Bob Lefsetz rips Billboard’s new hybrid album chart. Continue Reading
In the start of a new affiliate marketing initiative, ad-repping firm AdLarge has hired Jessica Sherman as Senior Director, Affiliate Marketing. Sherman spent nearly 11 years at Westwood One, as VP of the News/Talk division. There, she worked to populate networks with affiliates with $14-million in sales volume. Continue Reading
SoundExchange, the performing rights organization that collects and distributes streaming royalties to labels and artists, has released three year-end top-10 and top-20 charts. The Top Streamed Breakout Artists list is based on newness to royalty collection — specifically, qualifying recording artists can not have received SoundExchange royalty payments before September 1, 2013. Continue Reading
adStream is an ad-stalking journal in streaming audio.
In the relentless pursuit of streaming ads, we encounter plenty of “companions.” Companion ads are (usually) banners that accompany audio spots in streams. Tracking the banner impressions is difficult, and companions are secondary to audio advertising which interrupts the stream and captures the listener’s attention. We found an interesting one, with a single purpose. Continue Reading
Beep, a streaming adaptor that turns nearly any speaker system into a WiFi streaming speaker, has reportedly raised $4-million. Beep also added Spotify to its short list of supported music services, joining Pandora. Continue Reading
Broadcast radio competes with pureplay streaming audio in two ways. First, in a platform-vs-platform context, over-the-air is pitched against Internet delivery. Second, radio station webcasts compete for share of advertisers that are building digital campaigns to reach targeted audiences. We reached out to Paul Cramer of Triton digital to dig into data, smart impressions, and programmatic advertising. Continue Reading
Happy Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Oh, and welcome back to work. Feeling exhausted after the long weekend? Or perhaps inspired by work as a refuge from the clamorous holiday season? Either way, Laid Back Radio is a great sonic prescription. Continue Reading
Mobile streaming of radio stations cannot replace digital broadcasting in Australia — that’s the message from Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), which commissioned a whitepaper study from broadcast technology expert Professor Reg Coutts. Continue Reading
Spotify released its 2013 financials, with a basic P&L that tells a vigorous growth story, higher revenue, and lower loss compared to the previous year. At the same time, most of the gross revenue was paid into the music industry as licensing expenses. Continue Reading