Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Behind the scenes at AccuRadio; Rhapsody arrives on Wii U; college students and podcasts; new ideas for Apple Music? Continue Reading
DTS hosted an investor call and discussed the company’s purchase of iBiquity Digital. Chairman and CEO Jon Kirchner said that although iBiquity was posted losses at the time of acquisition, it has since “made significant progress realizing operational and financial synergies.” Continue Reading
Sonos announced a big business shakeup, including layoffs and a new focus in how it will bring music into the home. In a blog post discussing the changes, CEO John MacFarlane spoke about how the home audio landscape is changing and how the company wants to stay at the forefront of that transition. He pointed to the growth of streaming, and subscription tiers in particular, and the increased interest in voice controls as the reasons for the pivot. Continue Reading
This morning brings an announcement from programmatic tech company Xaxis that it has launched Xaxis Radio in the Asia-Pacific region. Xaxis is partnering with both Triton Digital and AdsWizz in the venture. Continue Reading
Webcast listening in January inched downward by 2% compared to December (when holiday listening helped give an upward lift over November), and notched a 14% rise year-over-year, according to Triton Digital’s monthly Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker, released this morning. Click through for the trend charts. Continue Reading
STRATA released results from the latest of its quarterly ad agency surveys. The responses found that 54% of agencies are more interested in streaming audio than they were a year ago. The Q4 2015 survey also addressed questions about programmatic buying, which has also gained in interest among agencies. Continue Reading
French local trade body SNEP reported that the nation’s recorded music market declined 7% last year to €426 million. Digital revenue did increase 14.7%, but only totaled €152.3 million, making it just 36% of the nation’s total music income. Continue Reading
Denmark’s music industry posted a third consecutive year of growth, with data from the IFPI revealing a 3.7% increase in total recorded music income last year to 453 million Danish kroner ($67 million). Streaming music income posted significant growth, rising 26.5% to 323 million kroner ($48 million) last year. Continue Reading
Podcast company Midroll Media announced that it will be shutting down the Wolfpop network of shows. Ten of the 13 shows from the Wolfpop roster will migrate into Midroll’s Earwolf network. Continue Reading
Public radio video platform VuHaus sent a not around announcing that it would live stream a series of six musician sets at the South By Southwest conference and festival in Austin Texas. The day will be March 18, from noon to 6:00 pm Central Time at the SXSW Radio Day Stage. Continue Reading
The combination of sample size and tracking in the Share of Ear surveys, produced by Edison Research, show changes in audio consumption as they happen. In this guest column originally published on his Infinite Dial blog, Edison President Larry Rosin notes a milestone: young Millennials have crossed a meaningful threshold, now spending more time with streaming than with AM/FM radio. Continue Reading
David Lowery has expanded his legal action against the streaming world over songwriter royalties to include Rhapsody. Over the weekend, Lowery’s legal team and fellow plaintiffs filed a proposed class action against Rhapsody in Northern California’s District Court. Continue Reading