DAX, the digital audio advertising branch for Global, has hired Chris Blackburn as EVP for sales and business development. He will be based in New York and will report to DAX U.S. CEO Matt Cutair. Continue Reading
Google is making another step toward consolidating its sprawling on-demand music app ecosystem. The YouTube Music app will come pre-installed as the official music app on Android 10 smartphones. It replaces Google Play Music. Continue Reading
Stationhead, a startup that launched with a focus on social radio for mobile, has updated its service. Initially, the platform only supported live broadcasting. Now it has been revised to let hosts record their shows and make them available on demand. Continue Reading
Entercom shared two audio announcements yesterday. First, the company has partnered with Apple to make its stations available on Apple Music and Siri-enabled devices. The second development is the addition of new content distribution partnerships. Continue Reading
Ben Husmann has joined AccuRadio as its chief operating officer. He joins from NextRadio, where he was senior vice president of product and led both engineering and product teams. Continue Reading
TuneIn announced a new partnership with Apple that will see new distribution channels for the audio company’s content. Under this arrangement, TuneIn’s more than 100,000 global radio stations will be available through the Apple Music streaming service. Continue Reading
Audius is a new company positioning itself as a direct competitor to SoundCloud, aiming to attract emerging artists with a free platform and zero takedowns. The startup has $5.5 million in venture capital funding, and is being supported by notable DJ talents such as Deadmau5, who is on Audius’ advisory board. Continue Reading
Spotify made two announcements this week, one for listeners and one for artists. The streaming service introduced two additions to its suite of personalized playlists and rolled out an update to the mobile Spotify for Artists app. Continue Reading
Apple Music now offers real-time lyrics to its listeners on mobile. With the iOS 13 update, Apple has added an option to display the words to a song in real time. The lyrics display can also be used as a navigation tool. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Video helped the podcast star. Case study of podcasts driving subscriptions. The clickbait mindset in music creation. Continue Reading
YouTube is still updating its on-demand streaming platform to have the same feature sets as its more established competitors. The latest new feature at YouTube Music is a playlist called Discover Mix. Continue Reading
Samantha Henig has joined BuzzFeed as its new executive editor of strategy. She joins the media company after several years with The New York Times, where she was editorial director of audio and helped launch The Daily. Continue Reading