Quick Hits: Online music in Norway; the best podcasts
Brief news items and worthwhile reads from around the web. Today: Online music in Norway, and a list of the 15 best podcasts of 2014. Continue Reading
Author: Brad Hill
Pureplay of the Day: Radio Free Americana
Radio Free Americana: “”Free-form, commercial free radio featuring new releases of Americana/Alt. Country, Indie/College Rock, Power Pop, Blues, Folk, Outsider, and more (or less).” In other words, leave your genre-specific expectations at the door. Continue Reading
RAIN Awards: Semifinalists for “Best Overall Online Radio Service”
We continue to reveal semifinalists in the Fifth Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards. Today we are pleased to announce the 10 advancing nominees in the “Best Overall Online Radio Service” category. The single winners of all five categories will be revealed and honored at RAIN Summit Indy, September 9, in Indianapolis. Continue Reading
Vital copyright focus at RAIN Summit Indy
“The Summer of Copyright.” We’ve been using that phrase recently, borrowed from broadcast attorney David Oxenford and his series of guest articles about this tumultuous year in copyright. Will the system of music royalties be rebooted when the Copyright Royalty Board establishes new rates? Will the decades-old “Consent Decrees” which govern how publishers and songwriters receive royalties be upheld or stricken down? Will pre-1972 music receive the copyright protection it has never had? What about terrestrial radio paying performance royalties for the first time in history — will it happen, and should it? Continue Reading
RAIN Awards: Semifinalists for “Best Overall Digital Strategy”
More semifinalists in the Fifth Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards. Today we are pleased to announce five semifinalists in the “Overall Digital Strategy” category. The single winners of all five categories will be revealed and honored at RAIN Summit Indy, September 9, in Indianapolis. Continue Reading
Internet Radio Rewind #010
Welcome to Internet Radio REWIND, the weekly need-to-know update. Click the Play button, refresh your neurons, and be ready for the coming week.
This week: New webcast metrics from Triton Digital … Pono Music goes back to the finance well … Potify partners with BandPage … Pandora’s CFO speaks out … Shazam vs. SoundHound … Disney ditches radio Continue Reading
RAIN Awards: Semifinalists for “International Excellence in Online Audio”
As we continue to reveal semifinalists in the Fifth Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards, today we are pleased to announce five non-U.S. music services in the “International Excellence in Online Audio” category. The single winners of all five categories will be revealed and honored at RAIN Summit Indy, September 9, in Indianapolis. Continue Reading
Shazam adds Spotify to its free-listening feature
Market-leading music-identification app Shazam has added Spotify to its list of music services that will play full tracks identified by Shazam. The updated app can hook into Rdio (in a longer-standing relationship), Beats Music, and Spotify. Continue Reading
Streaming use drives Disney’s exit from broadcast radio
Disney announced that it is closing 23 of its 24 terrestrial stations, laying off nearly 200 people in sales and operations. The reason is massive migration of listening from terrestrial signals to streaming platforms. Click through for the internal memo. Continue Reading
Editor’s Notebook: Baseball and AM radio
Reading that automaker BMW eliminated AM terrestrial reception from one of its new car models was a “Hold everything!” moment. The hazy future of AM is generally troubling to someone of a certain age, who grew up listening pretty evenly to the AM and FM sides of the dial. But there is something more sharply distressing in seeing AM ripped out of a car, laregly because of the baseball connection. Continue Reading
RAIN Awards: Semifinalists for “Best Streaming Broadcast Station”
Continuing the rollout of semifinalists in the Fifth Annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards, today we are pleased to announce the six webcasts moving into the semifinal round of the Streaming Broadcast Station category. The single winners of all five categories will be revealed and honored at RAIN Summit Indy, September 9, in Indianapolis. Continue Reading
Pandora CFO addresses investors as P stock climbs 10%
Pandora CFO Mike Herring answered questions in front of investors at the Oppenheimer 17th-annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference on Wednesday. P stock rose over 10% during the day, probably due less to Herring’s remarks than to investment house Stifel issuing a Buy rating for Pandora. Meanwhile, Mike Herring delivered his talking points in response to 32 minutes of questioning about audience size, ad sales, and music licensing. Continue Reading