Quick Hits: Quarterly results for Amazon and Apple, plus industry snapshots
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Amazon Q2 results stay strong; Apple’s Services revenue on the rise; Apple vs Spotify. Continue Reading
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French charts now include streams in rankings
France’s industry body SNEP announced that its albums chart will begin counting streams. All plays from both ad-supported and subscription tiers will be included in the calculation, although the most-streamed track from an album will be down-weighted to half its streaming total. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Spotify exec talks charts; podcasts for networking; Deezer profitable in two years?
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Deezer targeting profitability in two years; podcasts as networking resource; Spotify’s Kevin Brown says the charts are not boring Continue Reading
NMPA moves to block Sony from joining mechanical royalty CRB proceedings
The National Music Publishers Association and the Nashville Songwriters Association International have moved to block Sony Music Entertainment from participating in the new round of Copyright Royalty Board proceedings. After setting webcasting rates for the 2016-2020 period, the CRB will next consider mechanical royalties that will apply to interactive music services for 2018-2022. Continue Reading
“Car Talk” set to be garaged next year; podcast will persist
NPR is taking steps to deal with its generational programming crisis, announcing that Car Talk will be moved off the lot in September 2017, five years after the show ended new production. With Prairie Home Companion also ending, NPR faces audience development challenges and opportunities. Continue Reading
Apple Music to get Carpool Karaoke spinoff
Apple Music is growing its original video programming. The streaming service has purchased the rights to a new spin-off series based on Carpool Karaoke, the video segment from The Late Late Show with James Corden. The British comedian won’t host the new episodes, but he is attached as an executive producer. Continue Reading
Warner partners with video service Vadio
Warner Music Group announced a partnership with streaming video service Vadio. This deal will see Vadio and its distribution partners getting access to music videos from Warner’s artist roster. Continue Reading
SoundCloud builds out features and ponders sale
SoundCloud is reportedly considering a sale of the company. Unnamed sources told Bloomberg that the online audio company’s leaders are looking for paths to boosting growth and profit. SoundCloud has made several developments in its audio offerings over the past year, most recently introducing Albums. Continue Reading
Guvera shuts down in Australia
The hits keep coming for Guvera. The company announced that its streaming service will end operation in its home country of Australia next week. Instead, Guvera plans to shift its efforts to emerging markets. Continue Reading
Pandora launches concert notifications
Pandora has started leveraging its purchase of Ticketfly, adding concert notifications to its online music platform. The notifications are based on individual listening preferences pulled from Pandora’s Music Genome Project. Continue Reading
Dash Radio adds hires and new shows
Online radio portal Dash Radio announced several business developments as it begins a second year on interim funding. The influx of financing came from new and existing investors. The company has expanded its offices in Orange County, Calif., added new channels, and made several leadership appointments. Continue Reading
European Broadcasting Union named as dot-RADIO domain administrator
The European Broadcasting Union announced that it will be tasked with administering the dot-RADIO top-level domain name. “The EBU is delighted to have been recognized as the organisation to administer the .radio TLD in consultation with other sister organizations,” the group said. “This will be undertaken for the benefit of the radio community worldwide.” Continue Reading