Weekends were invented for catching up on new podcasts. We’ll check the historical accuracy of that statement, and in the meantime we present new and almost-new shows for your consideration. Happy Friday. Continue Reading
Royalty payments are the single biggest cost for Internet radio and audio streaming services. Guest columnist Bret Kinsella examines SoundExchange’s Q4 financial statement, and matches it up to streaming growth metrics. The two datasets don’t match, but it’s not about lower revenue to the music industry. It’s about the money taking different paths to get there.
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Miami-based audio advertising company Audio.Ad has hired Nestor Perinot as VP of Sales, bringing the company’s technology and business development to the U.S. Audio.Ad, which is owned by Cisneros Interactive, has marketed its advertising solution mainly in Latin America. Continue Reading
Guest contributor Mark Mulligan reacts to the RIAA’s decision to add YouTube music streaming metrics into the organization’s sales calculations and bestowal of Gold and Platinum album awards. But is streaming the same as buying? Here, the key difference. Continue Reading
Deezer has entered into another telecommunications partnership. This time it is working with Huawei, the China-based telecom equipment company. Continue Reading
The Amazon Echo has added support for Spotify. However, the voice-controlled speaker will only work for subscribers of the streaming service. The Echo is one of many new challengers in the field of WiFi speakers and connected home audio, where Sonos has been the leader for some time. Continue Reading
AudioBoom will be one of the content providers for the Google Play store. The company is one of 11 podcast and audio partners that will appear on the redesigned store. Earlier this week, some Android users saw glimpses of the active podcast hub. Continue Reading
In an executive shuffle along the newly established migratory path between radio and streaming, Chris Price of thought-leading consultancy New Slang Media will join BBC 1 and Xtra as Head of Music, replacing George Ergoutadis. Continue Reading
Warner Music Group posted its results for the first quarter ending Dec. 31, with the music performance buoyed by streaming. A large portion of the revenue figures came from digital sources, which posted an 18% increase to $322 million. Digital revenue was responsible for 41% of the company’s total revenue, up from a 35.6% portion in the year-ago period. Continue Reading
RAJAR data for the fourth quarter of 2015 revealed a fresh snapshot at radio listenership in the UK. The report found that the average listener spends 21 hours and four minutes with live radio per week. The reach for all radio was also strong, with 48.2 million adults (or 90% of the population over age 15) tuning in each week. More than half of the UK’s adult population is tuning in to digital formats. Continue Reading
Radionomy-owned digital advertising platform TargetSpot announced a new partnership with Internet radio platform MixRadio, to sell inventory in France, Germany, and Switzerland. The alliance starts this month. Continue Reading
The Official German Album Charts will begin reflecting streaming counts starting Feb. 5. However, the update from BVMI/GfK comes with several caveats in what streams will be included and how they will be valued in rankings. Continue Reading