Industry observers who spoke with Ad Week say don’t look for iTunes Radio to decimate current leaders like Pandora and Spotify. “Remember, even on (Apple’s) own devices, Amazon Kindle books are the most read eBooks despite Apple’s attempt to come… Continue Reading
Pandora scored a clear, and sharply worded, summary judgment from U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, enabling the Internet radio service to continue “performing” (streaming) works included in ASCAP’s entire inventory. The ruling refutes ASCAP’s attempt to narrow Pandora’s right to… Continue Reading
Radio Advertising Bureau CEO Erica Farber revealed in her address at The Radio Show yesterday her organization has created a “Streaming Initiative Committee” and is “taking a deep dive look into all aspects of streaming — definitions, delivery, metrics, etc.”… Continue Reading
ESPN Audio and Pandora were named dual winners of the “Best Overal Online Radio Service” in the 2012 RAIN Internet Radio Awards, announced today in Dallas. The awards, presented by a tuxedo-ed RAIN publisher Kurt Hanson, capped yesterday’s successful RAIN… Continue Reading
Companies like to time their announcements and new feature launches around industry events like the NAB/RAB Radio Show, Apple’s iTunes Radio launch, and so on. That’s made for a big of a back-up in reporting some of these developments. That’s… Continue Reading
Pandora scored a clear, and sharply worded, summary judgment from U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, enabling the Internet radio service to continue “performing” (streaming) works included in ASCAP’s entire inventory. The ruling refutes ASCAP’s attempt to narrow Pandora’s right to… Continue Reading
Katz Media Group’s interactive division Katz 360 is being relaunches as PROXi Digital (Katz had made its rebranding intentions public by November of last year, see RAIN here). PROXi will reportedly offer online, mobile, and audience-targeting ad products both in… Continue Reading
Clear Channel has announced its 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival will stream live via Yahoo Music and the Playstation 3 gaming console (It will also be broadcast live via Clear Channel terrestrial stations nationwide). The fest will also be televised as… Continue Reading
Ad solutions tech provider AdsWizz announced yesterday its named longtime Skype exec Don Albert as its new North American President. Before Skype, Albert spent five years at eBay. Additionally, AdsWizz has added pureplay webcaster Online Radio Solutions to its global… Continue Reading
Is today the day it all changes? At some point today, Apple will release iOS 7, and with it, the most anticipated service in the history of Internet radio: iTunes Radio. And it’s quite possible that the entire competitive landscape… Continue Reading
In a memo to Cumulus employees, CEO Lew Dickey commented today on yesterday’s announced deal with music service Rdio, more specifically revealing the Rdio features that Cumulus will likely make available to listeners. The broadcaster announced yesterday it has acquired… Continue Reading
Digital radio software and services provider Abacast has officially beta-released a feature to allow song-skipping on “live” radio streams, and announced a new feature to ensure radio streams begin with music (we first reported on this in February, here). The… Continue Reading