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Subha Modur joins RAIN Streaming Audio Advertising Summit as featured speaker

Posted on May 12, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

Subha Modur, Director of North American Media at travel company KAYAK, has joined the speaker roster of the Streaming Audio Advertising Summit, June 2 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York. Modhur will engage in a live interview session to explore the marketing opportunities, advantages, goals, and ideal outcomes of streaming audio advertising from the perspective of a brand advertiser. Click through for details. Continue Reading →

Nielsen to add podcast measurement to Digital Audio Ratings initiative

Posted on April 22, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

Nielsen has voiced its intent to add a measurement system for on-demand audio and podcasts as part of its Digital Audio Ratings service. In this announcement, the ratings company promises to engage with one of the most vexing issues of the podcast industry — representing standard audience metrics to advertisers. Continue Reading →

Gracenote founder Ty Roberts joining Universal Music Group

Posted on April 12, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

Gracenote founder and chief strategist Ty Roberts is leaving the company he founded to join Universal Music Group as the company’s first chief technology officer. Gracenote was founded in 1998 as CDDB (Compact Disc Database) and built its reputation on its waveform-based identification of titles and other metadata of CD tracks. Continue Reading →

T-Mobile expands data-free media, deepening its bet on content

Posted on April 5, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

T-Mobile has further expanded its roster of entertainment services available data-free on its Music Freedom and Binge On programs. The newly added music platforms are Amazon Prime Music, Chilltrax, ESPN Radio, OHIO.FM, PreDanz, and Uforia. Continue Reading →

Data and measurement at RAIN Summit West

Posted on March 30, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

What are the challenges, opportunities, and solutions in navigating the convergence of audio and Big Data? How do the technology pieces fit together? Where does a publisher start on the path to data enlightenment? Those questions provide the framework for a conference discussion among industry leaders on April 17. Continue Reading →

Focus on podcasting at RAIN Summit West

Posted on March 28, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

Among the many topics and discussion formats featured at RAIN Summit West this year, podcasting will have a special focus with two dedicated onstage sessions. A “FIreside Chat” interview with the founder of PodcastOne is followed by a panel discussion of podcasting at a pivot point. Continue Reading →

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Announcing the RAIN Summit West Agenda

Posted on March 23, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

The full agenda for RAIN Summit West, April 17 in Las Vegas, was released this morning on this site. New insights, fresh research, and distinct personalities bring outstanding features to this year’s event. A dynamic, fast-moving schedule illuminates many dimensions of streaming audio. Click through for details. Continue Reading →

Spotify: Now at 30-million subscribers in dramatic growth spurt and quiet announcement

Posted on March 21, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

Big news in a tiny package. Daniel Ek chose Twitter to announce that Spotify has reached a milestone: 30-million subscribers to Spotify Premium. The last time the company disclosed numbers, it was at 20 million paid subs in June 2015. That is dramatic growth for a nine-month period during which Apple Music was grabbing headlines. Continue Reading →

Google Play Music the latest defendant in wave of royalty class actions

Posted on March 3, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

Yesh Music and John Emanuele have expanded their class-action lawsuit over unpaid royalty claims, adding Google Play Music to the growing roster of defendants. As with the suits against Tidal and Slacker Radio, the plaintiffs claim that they did not receive correctly executed notices of intent from Google about streaming their creations. Continue Reading →

Deezer, Rhapsody reportedly react to David Lowery’s Spotify lawsuit

Posted on February 26, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

In the wake of David Lowery’s lawsuit against Spotify, other streaming services are now allegedly moving to protect themselves against similar actions. Both Deezer and Rhapsody have reportedly made moves related to Lowery’s catalogs with the bands Camper van Beethoven and Cracker. Continue Reading →

Apple adds Podcasts Connect for show management

Posted on February 24, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

Apple has added new functions to iTunes for podcast publishers. Existing users will be glad of the added controls. Newcomers to Apple distribution won’t know what they are being spared. The new service makes installing a show in iTunes faster and more direct. Continue Reading →

SoundCloud Pulse app coming to iOS

Posted on February 23, 2016 by RAIN News Staff

SoundCloud has made its uploader-focused Pulse app available for iOS three months after launching on Android. The app, which focuses on the creators using the audio platform, is designed to help Soundcloud uploaders share their work, engage with listeners, and view analytics for their tracks. Continue Reading →