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Pureplay of the Day: BeatlesRadio.com

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Brad Hill

The whole world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles performing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, considered the start of Beatlemania. Well, part of the world, anyway, and mostly people of a certain age. Continue Reading →

News Pureplay of the Day

Spotify tries its hand at “radio”; Billy Bragg is host

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Brad Hill

Spotify announced a new programming tactic it calls a “radio show,” starring singer/songwriter Billy Bragg. A monthly production, the first episode will appear tomorrow, February 11. The program’s hook is a “talking playlist.” Continue Reading →

News Billy Bragg, Spotify

Pandora welcomes indie musicians with open submissions

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Brad Hill

Pandora announced a new open submission process for independent artists and small labels who wish to place music in Pandora’s streams. The breakthrough aspect for independent musicians is ease of submission. Continue Reading →

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Nielsen audio report focuses on radio’s reach

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Brad Hill

The first edition Nielsen’s quarterly State of the Media: Audio Today 2014 report is out. Although the report’s title uses the general term “audio,” the study is only about radio’s reach and radio’s listener behavior. As such, it provides an uplift for the radio industry. Continue Reading →

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Beats Music and Rdio board the Chromecast train

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Brad Hill

Streaming music to one’s TV might not be the most intuitive use-case scenario, but it’s getting more popular. One reason is that the television sometimes is attached to the home’s best sound system. Beats Music and Rdio have integrated with Chromecast to enable that. Continue Reading →

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Pandora releases January audience metrics

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Brad Hill

Market-leading Internet radio service Pandora released its monthly audience metrics for January today, showing year-over-year growth in its key metrics. The month-over-month movement was flat or downward, after a sharp upward spike in the December report. Continue Reading →

News Pandora

David Porter, founder of 8tracks, on music curation

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Brad Hill

David Porter founded 8tracks in 2007 and launched it the next year (on 8/8/08) with a loan against his 401k. The business took its first institutional funding round in October, 2011. We talked to him about mood-activity music discovery, which his service originated. Continue Reading →

News 8tracks, David Porter

SoundExchange 2013 recap: $590-million in royalty payments from digital services

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brad Hill

Last year SoundExchange paid out $590-million to labels and performers, an all-time high. Over 10 years, it has distributed about $2-billion. 2013 was SoundExchange’s 10-year anniversary. SoundExchange collects royalties from Internet, satellite, and cable radio. Continue Reading →

News itunes radio, Pandora, royalties, SoundExchange

Deezer reportedly hires U.S. chief, signaling U.S. expansion

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brad Hill

The popular European music service Deezer has reportedly hired Tyler Goldman as head of its San Francisco office. The speculation is that Goldman will act as CEO of Deezer’s U.S. operation, whenever that much-awaited expansion happens. Continue Reading →

News Deezer

AdsWizz grows client roster, partners with Live365

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brad Hill

Less than a month after signing a partnership deal with HARMAN to supply Aha Radio with targeted messaging technology, ad-tech company AdsWizz announced today a new deal with Live365, the Internet radio aggregator. Continue Reading →

News AdsWizz, advertising, Live365

Australian radio stations shutting off webcasts over licensing fee increase (UPDATE)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brad Hill

They did it. Two-hundred Australian commercial radio stations shut down their online streams in a dispute with record labels over additional license fees. The government refuses to intervene. The radio station lobbying group tries to whip up public support. Continue Reading →

AM/FM/HD/Satellite, News Australia, licensing, royalties

Deezer CEO on U.S. market: “Nothing has been done”

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Brad Hill

Most people regard the U.S. market as well-ploughed, deeply seeded territory populated with swarms of music services. Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez made a counter-intuitive remark in an interview at the MIDEM conference in Cannes, France. Continue Reading →

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