For the second consecutive month Internet listening reached an all-time high in November, according to data released by Triton Digital in its Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker. Click through to see the high points plus long-term historical analysis. New this month: a cohort of three publishers with startling three-month listening growth. Continue Reading
Today Pandora announced the addition of personalized recommendations in its iOS and Android mobile apps. The new feature is most useful in accounts seeded with song stations, not artist stations. The update brings new choices to the app, gets listening started faster, and is clearly an activity and user-retainment tactic. Continue Reading
The deal is reportedly worth high single-digit millions to AOL, which will plow some of that cash back to Radionomy as a 12% investment stake. Mergers and acquisitions are always defined by their “synergy,” but sometimes the chemistry can be hard to discern. This one is awash with synergy. Continue Reading
Net neutrality advocates were bitterly disappointed, if not totally surprised, by today’s ruling against the Federal Communications Commission by a Washington D.C. appeals court. The court’s decision might be paraphrased like this: “You classified the Internet wrong. What are you going to do now?” We’re wondering the same thing. Continue Reading
Korean tech giant Samsung is talking to Paris-based music service Deezer about a partnership or investment stake. Samsung is best known to U.S. consumers as a device maker (smartphones, TVS), but is also a network LTE provider and infrastructure partner to phone companies. Continue Reading
British rock band Oasis has yielded to time and trend, adding its 10 albums (representing over 70-million album sales) to Spotify, Rhapsody, Deezer, and Rdio. As usual with announcements like this, but rarely mentioned, YouTube already carries Oasis extensively, with full albums, live performances, official videos, and the band’s own YouTube channel. Continue Reading
Why has AM/FM lost 30 percent of its key listening metrics since 2008? Founding editor Kurt Hanson reflects on history, harkens back to the day when he ran a leading ratings company, and disputes a theory. HINT: it’s not about the Portable People Meter. Continue Reading
It is perhaps no surprise that when Inside Radio surveys its readers, 82 percent of whom are radio veterans with at least 15 years in the business, the results are going to be pretty darn pro-radio. Still, the most eyebrow-raising point of the magazine’s year-end reader survey for 2013 might be filed in the Denial folder. Continue Reading
Weekend Perspective is a quick and concise summary of the week’s high points in Internet radio and online audio. It was an eventful week! Catch up fast, refresh your neurons, and prepare your thoughts for the coming week. Continue Reading
The five most-read articles this week. Pandora’s astounding valuation; a unique new advertising partnership; a guest column by Jennifer Lane; a new music service is like Pinterest for music; Nielsen reports sharp growth of streaming music in 2013. Continue Reading
Rob Greenlee has been working with podcasts since 1999, is currently content manager for podcasts for Windows Phone, the latest role in a long series of positions with Microsoft. He is co-host of The New Media Show, a video podcast about the business of podcasting. We spoke with Rob Greenlee about The New Media Show, and the business of podcasting generally. Continue Reading
Faisal Sultan is the founder and owner of FRISKY radio, a 12-year-old EDM pureplay station. He worked for several years at AOL, as an engineer and product lead for ShoutCast, Winamp, and AOL Radio. We spoke with Faisal Sultan about how he built his pureplay station, how the business is framed, and his feelings about the ShoutCast product he helped create. Continue Reading