The legal battles over royalties for songs recorded prior to 1972 have been an ongoing headache for labels and streaming services alike. Pandora has been the subject of a couple legal forays in this regard, including one lawsuit filed by recording companies in New York State Supreme Court. The New York Post has reported that Pandora may be on the brink of a settlement to end that case. Continue Reading
Deezer announced a partnership with BandPage that will see the two companies collaborating on tools to help artists connect with their fans within the streaming platform. In addition to this development, Deezer has also announced that it is planning to raise 300 million euros ($343 million) from its IPO. Continue Reading
Some of the topics explored at RAIN Summit Europe will include the fast-changing digital audio advertising industry, podcasting, research into consumer listening behavior, and the transformation of radio into a streaming era. Click to know more. Continue Reading
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Farnoosh Torabi, host of So Money, talked to RAIN News about how she produces her popular program, and the careful planning that led to its launch. Torabi explains her audience-growth success tactics, and the importance of podcast transcripts. Continue Reading
Two minor announcements about Google Play hit the headlines this morning. First, the company has opened up gifting subscriptions for Play Music in select markets. The second development is an advertisement for the music service. Continue Reading
A new British startup has launched a physical device for music streaming. The Electric Jukebox is an HDMI device that connects to a TV and plays music over a WiFi network. It’s an entire proprietary network, which differentiates it from the Chromecast, which pulls from third-party music services. Continue Reading
AudioHQ announced today that a year-long business relationship with AccuRadio is entering a new a deeper phase. The audio ad sales company becomes exclusive third-party representative for AccuRadio. Continue Reading
There’s a new streaming service on the horizon and it’s already attracted lots of buzz and lots of scrutiny. Aurous is a free and ad-free music platform that pulls its tunes from licensed third-party sources such as SoundCloud, YouTube, and Spotify. Within days of its official alpha launch, the service was hit with a lawsuit by the RIAA alleging massive copyright infringement. Continue Reading
Spotify’s UK subsidiary published financial results for 2014. Both subscription revenue and advertising revenue grew in 2014 from the previous year, in Spotify UK. The disparity in growth rates is interesting. Continue Reading
New York Public Radio has announced plans for a new division that will focus on creating podcasts. WNYC Studios, which is slated to launch this week, will both develop and distribute new shows. It plans to raise $15 million to support the new programming. Podcasting has been a growing topic of interest for audio companies of all sizes. Continue Reading
The Music Managers Forum released a new report titled “Dissecting the Digital Dollar” that examines the industry’s income from digital sources. The UK group used the report as a chance to push for more transparency in the business of online music. It posed seven key issues for the industry to address and closed with a survey of managers. Continue Reading
Parks Associates conducted market research into the connections between broadband Internet and streaming music. The results showed that of the 97.64 million U.S. households with broadband access, 66% use a streaming audio service. That figure could grow as more home audio technology adapts to keep up with the shifting preferences to digital music. Continue Reading