Weekend Perspective is a quick and concise summary of the week’s high points in Internet radio and online audio. It was an eventful week! Catch up fast, refresh your neurons, and prepare your thoughts for the coming week. Continue Reading
The five most-read articles this week. Pandora’s astounding valuation; a unique new advertising partnership; a guest column by Jennifer Lane; a new music service is like Pinterest for music; Nielsen reports sharp growth of streaming music in 2013. Continue Reading
Why has AM/FM lost 30 percent of its key listening metrics since 2008? Founding editor Kurt Hanson reflects on history, harkens back to the day when he ran a leading ratings company, and disputes a theory. HINT: it’s not about the Portable People Meter. Continue Reading
Rob Greenlee has been working with podcasts since 1999, is currently content manager for podcasts for Windows Phone, the latest role in a long series of positions with Microsoft. He is co-host of The New Media Show, a video podcast about the business of podcasting. We spoke with Rob Greenlee about The New Media Show, and the business of podcasting generally. Continue Reading
NextRadio would be in every car if Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan had his wish. Speaking in yesterday’s earnings call to investors, scheduled during CES week when connected cars were the focus in Vegas, Smulyan and CFO Patrick Walsh focused on NextRadio quite a bit. Does iHeartRadio compete with NextRadio? Continue Reading
Nielsen reports that 118-billion streams were served in 2013 on a slate of measured platforms, representing a 32 percent year-over-year rise in that mode of listening. Measured listening platforms include at least 10 popular services. The report does not delineate mobile listening from desktop streams. Continue Reading
A newly-released study contains a summary of how, why, and where consumers use various audio channels. Radio is categorically described as the most popular audio platform. Pandora and Internet radio generally appear to be missing from the measured listening platforms cited in the report summary. Continue Reading
Faisal Sultan is the founder and owner of FRISKY radio, a 12-year-old EDM pureplay station. He worked for several years at AOL, as an engineer and product lead for ShoutCast, Winamp, and AOL Radio. We spoke with Faisal Sultan about how he built his pureplay station, how the business is framed, and his feelings about the ShoutCast product he helped create. Continue Reading
The 40-page report analyzes migration from analog to digital, and the projected impact of that shift for print, broadcast, and Internet media platforms. One of the most distinct and rapid changes is projected within the shift to Internet. On the mobile side, the growth is dramatic over the past five years, and will gain more through 2018. Continue Reading
It takes 14 pages, but eventually a point is quietly made: Spotify advertising revenue is forecast to rise five percent in 2014. The plain-English premise is this: Spotify has labored successfully to sell advertising in a down economy, so imagine the good times as things recover. Continue Reading
FRISKY is a capricious name for an Internet station that plays serious electronica. listeners get a beautiful stream at a high bitrate of 128 (MP3 or AAC) — actually two streams, the main FRISKY channel, and the newer CHILL stream. Founder Faisal Sultan comes from AOL, where he was a product lead on ShoutCast, Winamp, and AOL Radio. Continue Reading
Tom Cheney of Idobi, and Rob Greenlee of Allyis, are two of the speakers recently added to the session lineup at RAIN Summit NYC – Pureplays and Podcasts. Speakers at RAIN Summit NYC include a unique list of influencers who have not joined a Summit before, representing companies like Deezer, 8Tracks, Songza, and Earwolf. Continue Reading