Earlier this week, RAINNews reported that an FM station in Boston – WKLB – is running spots for iTunes Radio. The spots are live reads, done by radio station personalities. When asked, the station, owned by Greater Media, issued a statement that kind of sounded like: “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” This doesn’t seem like an especially well thought-out strategy. Continue Reading
Market-leading Internet radio service Pandora released its monthly audience metrics for January today, showing year-over-year growth in its key metrics. In the short month of February, Pandora reports a larger audience and greater listening share over January’s metrics. Listening hours dropped a bit, but were essentially flat month-over-month. Continue Reading
In joint press release, Spotify and The Echo Nest announced this morning that Spotify has acquired The Echo Nest. Spotify is a leading interactive, on-demand music service. The Echo Nest is the leading music intelligence tech company, providing technology that powers song recommendations to over 400 listening platforms. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial, a large-scale research survey of consumer media usage in its 22nd year, was unleashed today by Edison Research and sponsor Triton Digital. This is part 5 of a multi-post review of The Infinite Dial 2014, presented today via webinar. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial, a large-scale research survey of consumer media usage in its 22nd year, was unleashed today by Edison Research and sponsor Triton Digital. This is part 4 of a multi-post review of The Infinite Dial 2014, presented today via webinar. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial, a large-scale research survey of consumer media usage in its 22nd year, was unleashed today by Edison Research and sponsor Triton Digital. This is part 3 of a multi-post review of The Infinite Dial 2014, presented today via webinar. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial, a large-scale research survey of consumer media usage in its 22nd year, was unleashed today by Edison Research and sponsor Triton Digital. This is part 2 of a multi-post review of The Infinite Dial 2014, presented today via webinar. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial, a large-scale research survey of consumer media usage in its 22nd year, was unleashed today by Edison Research and sponsor Triton Digital. This is part 1 of a multi-post review of The Infinite Dial 2014, presented today via webinar. Continue Reading
The latest RAIN Poll asked about preferences for in-car listening. AM/FM wins. By a small margin, a plurality of votes selected terrestrial radio over music apps streamed in the car via a smartphone. Not a single vote was cast for “Dashboard apps.” Lots of interesting comments this week. Continue Reading
In his latest blog post (part 1 of 2), RAIN founding editor Kurt Hanson observes that television is reverting to a three-network system, as in the 1970s. the difference is that the three content networks are Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. It is a renaissance of TV, but the deck chairs are rearranged. Continue Reading
The best view we’ve seen of Apple’s new CarPlay app-control system for the car comes from Engadget, which created a “hands on” video of the system inside a Ferrari. This comes from the Geneva International Motor Show, where Apple announced CarPlay. Ferrari is one of three partner automakers for its launch; the other two are Mercedes-Benz and Volvo. Continue Reading
Audiam, a seven-month-old startup, announced closing a $2-million investment round. Notably, the coalition of investors comprises musicians, small-label owners, and producers. The company solves a unique problem, by identifying unauthorized use of recorded music on YouTube, and generating royalties for rights-holders. Continue Reading