NPR announced that Anya Grundmann will be its new vice president of programming and audience development. She had been working in that capacity on an interim basis, during which time she led the launch of several new content additions. Continue Reading
AudioBoom announced a partnership with India-based Eros International. According to the heads of terms agreement, Eros will work with audioBoom for its upcoming launch into the Indian market. Continue Reading
We’ve got our hands on the full Nielsen 2015 Music Report. The results offer fascinating insights into radio, streaming, music discovery, music spending, and how dominant Adele really was last year. Continue Reading
7digital announced that it has added its first MQA, or Master Quality Authenticated, content. As a result of the partnership with MQA, 7digital’s B2B clients will be able to access indie label content at the high-res audio format beginning Jan. 11. Continue Reading
We knew going in that CES 2016 would be a showcase for technology exploring the topic of high-res audio. More and more brands have hopped on the hi-res bandwagon, many of them at slightly less exorbitant prices. That change on the business end could mean that this year marks a shift in how the general consumer thinks about audio quality. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads about the latest happenings from CES 2016. Sony debuts a turntable; New Google Cast partners; and new products from Pioneer. Continue Reading
The British Phonographic Industry has released its music market report for 2015. It finds that UK music consumption rose 4% in 2015 to a retail value of £1.1 billion. Last year saw 26.8 billion streams served to UK listeners, an 82% increase over the previous year, which put it at more than a fifth of the UK’s total music consumption. Continue Reading
Nielsen Music’s latest data shows that streaming doubled in the U.S. in 2015. Billboard has a first look at the company’s reports from the recently concluded year. The total songs streamed increased from 164.5 billion in 2014 to 317.2 billion last year. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia is partnering with Canada’s largest media company, Bell Media, to take iHeartRadio to Canada this year. The exclusive deal pairs iHeart’s listening platform, one of the three leading streaming audio services in the U.S., with Bell Media’s 106 licensed radio stations across Canada. Continue Reading
After a long wave of declines, physical album sales may have posted an increase in 2015 while streaming continues its steady rise. BuzzAngle Music, one of the newest charts and data companies on the music scene, has released an intriguing snapshot with numbers for the year. Continue Reading
LyricFind announced a new partnership with Plex, a personal media streaming solution. Under this deal, LyricFind will be offering its service to music streamed through Plex. The lyrics will appear on mobile apps, as are slated to appear on the TV app later this year. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Video of radio?; Google saw 558M+ takedowns last year; Uptown Funk won 2015. Continue Reading