RAIN Notes: May 12
— Meanings (Arielle Nissenblatt)
— Spotify unsurprisingly #1 (Edison Research)
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News
Spotify ‘wraps’ with a new review of its history
Spotify has launched a “wrapped”-style feature called Party of the Year(s), inviting subscribers to flash back to their earliest platform listens. It’s part of Spotify’s 20th birthday celebration. Continue Reading
In wake of Spotify “Verified,” artist stream counts plummet … sometimes
Spotify launched Verified, an authenticity badge which identifies human-created music and distinguishes it from AI generated (and AI influenced) music. Started this month, the intelligence feature works by evaluating different characteristics. Click for details. Continue Reading
Fading digital Boom leads to battle for market share (Borrell Research)
“Local digital advertising continues to grow, but at a significantly slower pace.” That is the opening declaration of the Executive Summary in Borrell Associates 24th annual report on local digital advertising. Titled “The Digital Boom Ends, The Battle for Market Share… Continue Reading
Warner/Paramount take cue from “Michael,” join to create musician biopics
Warner Music and Paramount Pictures have agreed to a partnership arrangement for making theatrical movies about legendary musicians, past and present. The projects will be undertaken in collaboration with those musicians or their estates. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: May 6
— Acquisitive (Record Industry)
— Best of the New (Podchaser)
— Back in the fray (Bose)
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Law Laggard (Copyright research)
How long does it take for copyright law to catch up with technology? That question heads a new research paper from The Copyright Society, a 1,000-member nonprofit established in 1953. Authored by Bill Rosenblatt and Howie Singer, authers of “Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed the Music Industry, the article offers a fascinating narrative and meticulous footnoting. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: May 5
— Acquisitive (Record Industry)
— Best of the New (Podchaser)
— Back in the fray (Bose)
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RAIN Time Travel: May 2016 headlines
In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today — highlights from May 2016. In this month’s edition: Radionomy, SoundCloud, Tidal, the first podcast spike, Podtrac introduces its podcast ranker. streaming revenue breakthrough at Warner, Spotify adds video … and much more. Continue Reading
Magellan expands iHeart relationship; radio gets sharper metrics
Audio advertising intelligence company Magellan AI is announcing an expansion of its partnership with radio colossus iHeartMedia, sharpening the metrics of radio advertising. The intent is to make radio advertising attribution as sharply informative is digital audio. Continue Reading
Good conversation, smart music … oh, and directions. (GM)
Audio chat interface Google Gemini will be installed in General Motors cars, elevating that car company’s vehicle software platform. The upgrade will replace the existing Google Assistant. The value pitch here is a more natural conversation relationship between driver and automobile, going way beyond mapping and directions. Continue Reading
Google Q1: Brief audio references, rising stock
In today’s release of Alphabet / Google’s Q1 earnings statement, we count 33 mentions of “AI” and one mention of “audio.” We’re not offended. Searching for “podcast” in the earnings call transcript calls up a whopping three mentions. Continue Reading