Triton Digital has entered a partnership with GateHouse Media. Under the new agreement, print and online media company GateHouse will use Triton’s a2x programmatic audio advertising marketplace and its Yield-Op supply-side platform for monetization of the curated collections of audio clips and podcasts across its web properties. Continue Reading
Last year was unquestionably the year of “Despacito,” as the Spanish-language track by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee broke records and won fans all around the world. And it isn’t done with the record-breaking. Continue Reading
Beatport has acquired Pulselocker, a company that offers a digital music locker service. The purchase will help Beatport to expand its existing offerings for DJs beyond digital downloads. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Continue Reading
Spotify has been trading on the New York Stock Exchange for two full days, meaning we’re starting to see the streaming service’s shares near a potential equilibrium after the hotly-anticipated direct listing. The business debuted on April 3 at about $165 per share for a valuation of about $30 billion. Today’s trading opened at about $150 per share and, as of publish time, it has hovered near that price since. Continue Reading
VuHaus, the music video discovery platform for public radio, announced that it has added WMNF Community Radio to its programming roster. The station is based in Tampa, Fla., and it will curate a new local page on VuHaus, joining 22 other public radio stations on the service. Continue Reading
8tracks announced that it is removing the weekly listening caps it had placed on people in its free access tier. The company initially instituted a limit on free listening in 2016 to counteract the high costs of music licensing. Continue Reading
Amazon Alexa is getting more options for actions that can be incorporated into the voice AI’s routines. This feature lets users assemble a set of actions from the smart speaker triggered by a single voice command. Initially limited to news, weather, traffic, and smart home skills, routines can now incorporate music, podcast, and radio content. Continue Reading
Gimlet Media has had some shifts in its upper ranks. Three of its employees are taking on new roles, and one position is currently vacant as the company pursues new strategies in the podcasting and multimedia space. Continue Reading
Google is joining the music and tech industries’ push into India, with the Google Home and Google Home Mini smart speakers expected to become available in the country, possibly later this month. When they do arrive, they’ll have support for two popular local streaming services. Continue Reading
SoundCloud reportedly exceeded $100 million in revenue for 2017. CEO Kerry Trainor shared the update with the Financial Times, adding that the audio company’s user base also grew in all of the last three quarters. Continue Reading
Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify, has often been quoted taking the long view of the streaming music industry, and the destiny of his company. Today is a milestone in Spotify’s business history, as SPOT begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Memorializing the moment, Ek posted a letter on his company’s internal blog. “We are only in the second inning,” he said. Continue Reading
Things are looking good for Amazon’s musical efforts these days. Amazon is amassing a growing music audience that now numbers “tens of millions” of paying customers, while its Amazon Music Unlimited program has more than doubled its subscriber count in the past six months. The success of smart speakers and a growing number of Prime membership subscribers have been the main factors in Amazon’s music audience expansion, according to a top exec. Continue Reading