Local media consultancy BIA/Kelsey released a state-of-the-industry report titled “Local Radio Stations Profiles and Trends for 2014 and Beyond.” The study identifies an 11.5% share of local media revenue going to AM/FM. Vice President and Chief Economist Mark Fratrik, who… Continue Reading
Publicly traded Internet radio service Pandora will report 3rd-quarter earnings next Thursday, November 21. But the company and its stock are benefiting from analyst anticipation of quarterly results. Investment house Needham & Company raised its target stock price for P… Continue Reading
One of the most professionally produced, and cleanly presented, indie pureplays, The Jazz Groove (www.thejazzgroove.com) crafts a listening experience of understated, elegant acoustic jazz. The station’s motto is lifted from a Miles Davis quote: “You don’t have to play a lot… Continue Reading
Google’s wearable Glass product, which clamps onto the user’s face like glasses and provides on-command field-of-vision computing, is reportedly stepping into music in a few ways. First, predictably, Glass will interact with the Google Play Music service, enabling song, album,… Continue Reading
A new, 120-page report has been released by iGR, a mobile market consultancy, titled “U.S. Connected Car Market Forecast, 2012-2017: Infotainment on Four Wheels.” The study predicts a compound annual growth rate of 142 percent for connected cars. For the… Continue Reading
Music service Rhapsody’s net revenue and gross profit declined in two year-over-year measurements, according to an SEC filing by joint-venture partner and former parent company RealNetworks. Net loss also deepened in both timeline comparisons. Rhapsody separated from its subsidiary relationship… Continue Reading
Spotify is reportedly in late-stage discussions to obtain 200-million dollars in new venture funding from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). Added to Spotify’s current funding total of $288-million, the new investment would raise the startup’s valuation by 41 percent. Spotify has… Continue Reading
Greg Cutler is a voice-over actor and producer who has been creating audio ads for Pandora since 2011. After a decade in radio (1981-1991), and taking a break for non-profit activities, Cutler returned to voice work in 2001. He operates… Continue Reading
Last week we noted that many online music services are lagging behind some terrestrial stations in pre-Thanksgiving holiday programming, even though adding it doesn’t displace any non-holiday music — a choice that broadcast stations must gamble on. AccuRadio dives deeply… Continue Reading
No music has grander sweep than movie soundtracks. Streaming Soundtracks, one of an Internet-only cluster of stations owned by 24seven.fm. (Others include 1980s.fm, Entranced.fm, Death.fm, and Adagio.fm.) Inspirating, uplifting, tragic, dramatic, tectonic — movie scores evoke big feelings and events.… Continue Reading
RAIN’s Weekend Perspective summarizes the week’s important events for a weekend catch-up, and revives your weary frontal cortex for the coming week. NEW & BETA DAB+ in the Netherlands: The Dutch government has mandated nationwide switch-over to digital radio by… Continue Reading
Here are the top five, most-read article this week, published at any time. The push-pull relationship of streaming and albums (11/6): Album sales have plummeted. Is streaming music to blame? RAIN examines history for a deeper truth, and uncovers present-day… Continue Reading