On the Move tracks hires, promotions, and other notable personnel changes within the online audio industry. Today’s moves include a departure from Spotify’s Australia/New Zealand branch, plus new titles bestowed at YouTube and Ingrooves. Continue Reading
Audioburst announced a new investment that will see it making moves into Japan. The company specializes in analyzing spoken word content through AI and natural language processing. Continue Reading
Triton Digital announced that its Triton Ad Server, known as Tap, has been integrated with Tru Optik. The new partner specializes in measurement and attribution in connected TV and over-the-top advertising. Continue Reading
Warner Music Group posted its financial results for the period ending June 30, the major label’s fiscal third quarter. Total revenue for the period grew 4.5% on-year to $958 million. In addition to the financial updates, Warner also shared details about how it handled its Spotify stock. Continue Reading
Apple Music is expanding its standard set of discovery playlists. The streaming music platform has added a Friends Mix, which collects 25 songs that a listener’s friends on the platform have been listening to in heavy rotation. Apple has been expanding the social side of its streaming service with recent operating system updates. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio announced that it has reached another audience milestone. The audio platform now has 120 million registered users. This metric, which is distinct from monthly active users, has grown from the 100 million registered users it reached in in March 2017. Continue Reading
The RAJAR report for the second quarter of 2018 shows another period of growth for digital radio, even as the overall performance for radio dipped. The latest results showed that 48.8 million adults, or 89% of the adult population of the UK, tuned in to their preferred stations weekly. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio has collaborated with artificial intelligence platform Super Hi-Fi to improve the digital listening experience by imitating some of the nuances of a live radio broadcast. Super Hi-Fi will provide smoother song transitions such as precise crossfades, volume leveling, and gapless playback to digital listeners. Continue Reading
Podcast company ART19 announced that New York Media has joined its client roster. The publisher will work with ART19 for hosting and monetization in its podcast lineup, including its back catalog. Continue Reading
Deezer has raised €160 million from a mix of new and ongoing investors. The deal brings the Paris-based streaming company’s total valuation to €1 billion. In addition to the fundraising, Deezer and Rotana have inked a deal that will see Rotana’s digital audio and video content distributed through the Middle East and North Africa. Continue Reading
The rapid-fire journey for Musical.ly, a short video and lip sync app, is coming to an end. The app is getting merged with TikTok, a similar program from the portfolio of its Chinese parent company Bytedance. Both video apps are now available exclusively under the TikTok name. Continue Reading
If you weren’t able to attend Podcast Movement in Philadelphia, you can still catch up on a few of the top takeaways from the keynote by Edison Research SVP Tom Webster. The talk, titled The Next Frontier in Podcasting: 100 Million Listeners, explored the gap between the high rates of people who are familiar with the term podcasting and the lower rates of people who have actually listened to a show. Continue Reading