SESAC is purchasing the Harry Fox Agency from the National Music Publishers’ Association. The acquisition unites performance and mechanical rights under SESAC’s umbrella of services, a unique development in the industry. Continue Reading
Radio group Cumulus Media and audio platform Audioboom have announced a major strategic partnership to produce and distribute on-demand audio. Westwood One will be the exclusive ad-rep agency for Audioboom’s monetization efforts of the content. Continue Reading
Spotify has acquired Seed Scientific, adding to its cadre of big data capabilities. Under the new ownership, Seed Scientific will focus on analyzing the interactions artists, listeners, and brands have with the streaming platform. It will be the basis of a new Advanced Analytics division at Spotify, led by Seed’s founder and CEO Adam Bly. Continue Reading
SoundHound and Westwood One have partnered to create SoundHound for Radio, a mobile platform that connects soundHound users to radio stations when people use SoundHound to identify a song playing on the radio. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia and Unified have jointly announced a long-term partnership to develop audience-targeting datasets that can be applied across iHeart’s sprawling radio, streaming, mobile, and event portfolios. The deal includes an unspcified investment by iHeart in Unified. Continue Reading
8tracks has secured a new cluster of content partnerships, and a new line of debt financing. The newly expanded library helps DJs build playlists more easily, and the financing will go to product and engineering. Continue Reading
Until today, MixRadio was available only on Microsoft desktop and mobile platforms. Today, the Internet radio service expands to Android and Apple devices. AudioHQ announced that it has entered into an exclusive ad-repping deal for all U.S. inventory across platforms. Continue Reading
Triton Digital announced today that it will represent XAPP ad inventory in JAX, the mobile advertising service created in january by XAPPmedia and jācapps, the Jacobs Media app development company. The deal pivots on XAPP technology called XAPP Ads. Continue Reading
Starbucks, which has a long history as a music purveyor within its larger mission of caffeinating the world, today announced a partnership with on-demand music service Spotify. The alliance is trumpeted as a “First-of-its-kind music ecosystem.” Continue Reading
Edison Research announced a strategic relationship with Southern Cross Austereo, Australia’s largest radio company. The agreement will include bringing Edison’s research advancements to the Asia Pacific region, and representation of SCA’s innovations in North America Continue Reading
Last week iHeartMedia hosted a “Soundfront” to introduce a slate of new podcasts to advertisers. Today NPR is hosting a podcast upfront, promoting its most successful existing programs. The era of podcast upfronts has arrived. Continue Reading
European media giant Bauer Media has acquired Nordic broadcaster SBS Discovery Radio, from Discovery Communications pending regulatory approval. Terms of the acquisition have not been reported. Continue Reading