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James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: What’s the role of a website for radio stations? How about newspapers? Also social media stories, the return of The Twilight Zone, and much more. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: An innovative radio app out of Finland; other radio news from Vatican City, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and everywhere in between. Continue Reading
A husband-and-wife broadcasting and station ownership team has seen fast growth of their home-grown cloud-based syndication system that is being used by dozens of station affiliates, and might be unique. Continue Reading
Spotify has expanded its listenership measurement study, produced by TNS, and today released results of a survey conducted in Canada. Like the European study, the Canada survey measures listening to terrestrial radio and to Spotify’s free online radio service, and demonstrates that Spotify’s audience provides incremental additional reach to radio advertisers. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Insightful data on hybrid radio, ABC taps its community, and a look at the Radiodays Europe programme. Continue Reading
One of the most interesting aspects of the full determination just released by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is the detailed argument put forward by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) that radio simulcasts should pay a lower music royalty rate than pureplay webcasting (e.g. Pandora). The copyright judges praised the NAB witness presentations, but ultimately rejected the attempt. Continue Reading
Yesterday. There were acquisition rumors. There was an earnings call. There was a jittery-up-and-down stock price. In the middle of all that, Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews laid out the company’s key lines of strategy in this ambitious and pivotal year. Continue Reading
The UK is getting a second national DAB digital radio multiplex network on Feb. 29. The network is coming courtesy of Sound Digital, a joint venture formed by Arqiva, Bauer Media, and UTV Media in 2014. Three of the channels will be using the DAB+ standard. Continue Reading
Sacramento rock fans enjoy a refreshingly uncommercialized option as “The Brew” launches today on 107.1-FM with a 10,000-song commercial-free promotion of its Rock-formatted station. We chatted with Program Director Paul Boris. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: RAJAR data; Amazon’s radio activities; Imagination Technologies gets a boost; much more. Continue Reading
In an executive shuffle along the newly established migratory path between radio and streaming, Chris Price of thought-leading consultancy New Slang Media will join BBC 1 and Xtra as Head of Music, replacing George Ergoutadis. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Sir Terry Wogan; Why radio need to reinvent itself, four questions for radio; DAB+ in the U.K., much more Continue Reading