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Test Drive: iHeartRadio’s My Favorites joins the personalization bandwagon

Posted on by Anna Washenko

Many streaming platforms promise tools for personalized listening, but few radio services have explored programming that crosses genre boundaries. The latest to explore this space is iHeartRadio, which launched a new feature called My Favorites Radio. This station collects all of a given user’s favorited and thumbs-upped tracks and artists across all genres to create a single personalized playlist. Both Brad Hill and I took a spin through this feature to hear how things worked. Continue Reading →

Spotify’s Discover Weekly hits 1 billion streams in less than 3 months

Posted on by Anna Washenko

Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlists have quickly become a huge success with the streaming company’s listener base. The feature has had 1 billion tracks streamed in the 10 weeks of its existence. The tool is one of a handful of self-proclaimed recommendation engines that has really knocked it out of the park, and the reason is a very savvy use of listener data. Continue Reading →