PRS for Music, the UK music licensing group, is marking the first year of its Member Anti-Piracy System. The program is designed to help manage unlicensed use of members’ repertoire in online services. Continue Reading
Napster has launched new tools for making interactive playlists through a partnership with Giphy. Creations made with the Interactive Playlist Maker can be personalized with gifs, which Napster said is a first for a streaming music service. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: The Mexican podcast market; podcasts going audiovisual with television projects; NPR previews SXSW performances. Continue Reading
Deezer has made many efforts in building partnerships outside the streaming music realm. The latest one is with Fnac, a France-based consumer tech retailer. Financial details were not disclosed. Continue Reading
Nielsen has released the Q3 2016 edition of its comparable metrics report on U.S. media consumption. Radio continues to have strong weekly reach at 93% of all surveyed adults. This report often sheds light on how much age impacts media choices, and this quarter is no exception. Continue Reading
In an interesting multiple partnership, AdsWizz has hooked up with ad-tech company Frequency to launch a campaign for Terra’s Kitchen on Spotify. Distinguishing this effort are the concepts of “personalized creative” and “dynamic creative.” Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Value vs price at SoundCloud; YouTube’s new live TV service; Ed Sheeran’s new album destroys records; Spotify’s rainy weather track. Continue Reading
SoundCloud is expanding access to the top level of its monetization program for creators who upload content to the crowdsourced platform. The company has now opened up the Premier tier of On SoundCloud to its members who are DJs and producers. Continue Reading
Pandora, which has defined streaming music for millions of consumers since 2008, today formally announces the start of Pandora Premium, putting the market-leading internet radio company in direct competition with Spotify and iHeartRadio. Click for details, screenshots, and analysis. Continue Reading
VuHaus, a public media music video platform, announced a new partnership that will highlight Colorado radio stations. VuHaus has added a VuHaus Colorado page thanks to a collaboration with six public radio stations in the state that are part of the Colorado Music Strategy. Continue Reading
Panoply Media has hired John Dryden, who will serve as the head of scripted programming for the podcast network. In this capacity, Dryden will develop and produce scripted shows, both comedy and drama, for Panoply. Continue Reading
The National Music Publishers Association is circulating a petition among songwriters to gather support for its case with the Copyright Royalty Board. The CRB will decide on a royalty rate for interactive music streams over the 2018-2022 period over the course of this year, hearing proposals from all sides of the music industry. Continue Reading