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
Lee Brown is joining Spotify as the streaming service’s vice president of global sales strategy beginning next month. Brown’s previous post was as chief revenue officer for BuzzFeed. Continue Reading
Descript is a startup offering audio technology and tools to creators. The company is helmed by Groupon founder Andrew Mason, and is a spinoff of his Detour audio guide business that Bose acquired last year. Today, Descript announced both two business developments and a new tool. Continue Reading
Amazon announced that it is introducing a high-definition streaming music option. More than 50 million songs will be available in high-definition, with lossless, CD-quality audio. The service will also offer millions of tracks in Ultra HD, which is even better quality than CD audio. Continue Reading
Triton Digital announced that it has hired Daryl Battaglia for the post of senior vice president of market development and strategy, audience research. Battaglia joins the company from Nielsen, where he held jobs such as heading strategy and product development for the Media Analytics unit. Continue Reading