Robb McDaniels is the new CEO for Beatport. McDaniels was the founder of music distribution services business INgrooves, but left in 2014. Beatport has been a convoluted saga for the past few years. Continue Reading
Deezer has entered a partnership with esports organization Fnatic. The team’s pro players will be able to use Deezer’s platform to share their listening habits and personal playlists with fans in real time. Continue Reading
Ad tech company WideOrbit announced that it has integrated the standard metrics developed by the IAB into its WO On Demand platform for podcast management. That means all users of WO On Demand can use the tools for consistently measuring podcast content, audience, and advertising performance. Continue Reading
Australians are listening to lots of radio, according to the GfK Share of Audio study. Daily audio consumption totaled 3 hours and 20 minutes. Live radio accounted for 65.3% of time spent listening to audio in the country, edging up from 64.9% last year. Continue Reading
In one of the most interesting and consequential deals we’ve reported this year, UK radio juggernaut Global has acquired U.S. digital audio advertising company AudioHQ. Linked with that, Global will launch DAX, its programmatic audio ad platform, in the U.S., operated by AudioHQ — whose name will change to DAX. We spoke with the principles. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: The government gets into podcasts; duo of blog posts highlight radio and podcasting; creating audio for augmented reality. Continue Reading
Spotify may have reached revenue of 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in the first half of 2017. The results were first reported by The Information, citing “people briefed on the numbers.” If accurate, that first-half revenue is already 70% of the company’s total revenue from 2016. Continue Reading
We’ve been profiling a trend over recent months of the film and television industry of finding new source material in podcasts. The latest project in this vein to hit the airwaves, or at least your fiber optic cables, is Amazon Prime Video’s Lore. The show is based on a podcast of the same name by Aaron Mahnke featuring real-life stories of horror, witchcraft, and medical malpractice. Continue Reading
Ticketing company Songkick is closing down at the end of October. Variety obtained the letter Songkick sent to clients announcing the decision. The company has been engaged in a lengthy legal case against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation over alleged anti-trust and anti-competitive behavior. Continue Reading
Music rights management company Kobalt has raised Series D financing of $14 million. The round came from Section 32, a VC fund from former Google Ventures head Bill Maris. Maris will join Kobalt’s board of directors as a result of the investment. Continue Reading
AudioHQ announced that it will be the exclusive reseller for TuneIn’s audio ad inventory in the U.S. through a new multi-year deal. TuneIn has more than 75 million monthly active listeners for its content, including sports, music, news, podcasts, and audiobooks. Continue Reading
Spotify has launched a mobile app for its artist service branch. Spotify for Artists now has an iOS app available from the App Store. A version for Android is due to release “really soon,” according to the blog post announcing the app. Continue Reading