The Save Winamp alliance and Change.org are plugging away at AOL, which announced the sunsetting of Winamp and ShoutCast as ongoing products, as of December 20. (See RAIN coverage here.) Yesterday in RAIN, Jennifer Lane commented that the Winamp closure… Continue Reading
In what is widely interpreted a patent trolling, some radio broadcasters using HD digital transmission technology (HD Radio) alongside their analog signals are being sued by Delaware Radio Technologies and Wyncomm LLC for patent infringement. The spate of lawsuits has… Continue Reading
After months of leaks, the outlook for Beats Music is suddenly more specific and official. The service will debut in January, as announced by CEO Ian Rogers in his blog. “We’re nearly ready for liftoff. Thanks to your diligent testing… Continue Reading
But probably not for long. Keep in mind that everything written about YouTube’s entry into the subscription-music market is rumor, based on undisclosed sources. The latest twist: AllThingsD reports the rumored service will not meet its rumored launch timeframe (end… Continue Reading
Pandora released its three-point Audience Metrics report for November this morning. The statistics reveal month-over-month growth in each category. The most scrutinized part of Pandora’s monthly measurement drumbeat is the Active Listeners statistic. That number has received especially obsessive attention… Continue Reading
Two weeks after restructuring its costs via workforce downsizing (in other words, layoffs), Rdio has named a new CEO. Anthony Bay, former head of digital video at Amazon, replaces outgoing CEO Drew Larner, who becomes vice-chair of Rdio’s board. Larner… Continue Reading
This article was originally published in Audio4cast. The announcement that Winamp would shut down before the end of the year didn’t surprise me given that AOL had already abandoned its online radio platform, but it did make me pause. There… Continue Reading
Spotify might not have a big-data operation like Wal-Mart or Target. But 24-million users listened to 4.5-billion hours of music in 2013, and have created one-billion playlists on the platform. So there’s a good flow of metrics. Spotify, which has… Continue Reading
Edison Research and Triton Digital today announced a partnership to produce The Infinite Dial 2014, the 16th year of that influential study. The report’s findings will be presented at RAIN Summit West on April 6 in Las Vegas, as they… Continue Reading
Frances Moore, CEO of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, made some waves and splashed some cool water of long-term thinking on the hot debate over artist payouts from streaming music services. Moore spoke at the ARIA Masterclass in Sydney,… Continue Reading
Tom Taylor’s NOW newsletter reports that Mike Pallad, EVP of Sales at Cumulus Media, is leaving Cumulus for iTunes Radio. Taylor’s blurb cites an internal call to Cumulus managers. As of this writing there is no official announcement or press… Continue Reading
Although we and most other observers have been presuming an imminent YouTube music service to be ordained fact, it is merely a widely-reported rumor. That rumor got a strengthened spine when the Android Police website performed a “teardown” (examination of… Continue Reading