One of the highlights of the upcoming RAIN Summit Orlando on September 17 will be the presentation of the fourth-annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards. This week, we’re revealing the semi-finalists in each of the Awards’ five categories. We began yesterday… Continue Reading
“Two years after introducing video ads to its primarily audio-centric platform, Pandora believes it has found the right balance between user experience and brand objectives,” reads a recent article in ClickZ.com. “And no video ad product would be complete today… Continue Reading
Apple has sent invitations for the rumored September 10 press event (so it’s now official) to introduce the latest iPhone. TechCrunch believes that since the new mobile operating system, iOS 7, is due to arrive around September 20 or so,… Continue Reading
In just two weeks, we’ll present the fourth-annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards at RAIN Summit Orlando (September 17). This week, we’re happy to reveal the semi-finalists in each of the Awards’ five categories, beginning today with the “Best Single Stream… Continue Reading
Spotify, the leading on-demand music subscription service in the U.S., is launching Spotify Connect, a new feature that makes it easier to use and control the service on various devices around the house. The “Connect” button now appears on the… Continue Reading
The Media Audit took a look at radio station websites in over 80 U.S. cities, and have named those stations and clusters that regularly reach the highest percentage of their metro adult population. “The latest figures suggest that radio websites… Continue Reading
One of the big insights about Internet radio in recent weeks — triggered by an analysis by Bridge Ratings last month and reinforced in sessions at RAIN Summit East last week — is that while Internet radio listening is growing at a fast pace, the audiences for streams that are simulcasts of terrestrial radio stations, according to Webcast Metrics, appear to be flat to declining.
This makes sense. As AccuRadio COO John Gehron points out,…
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Kennedy will stay on in his current capacities until his successor is named. Pandora’s Board of Directors has formed a search committee and is hiring a search firm to identify likely replacements. Longtime Pandora chairman, CEO, and president Joseph Kennedy will step down, the leading webcaster announced late yesterday. Continue Reading
The following first appeared as a Billboard.biz Guest Post I wrote as founder/CEO of AccuRadio and a member of the Small Webcaster Alliance. It appeared on Tuesday, the eve of yesterday’s subcommittee hearing.
As an Internet radio broadcaster and member of the Small Webcaster Alliance, I’ve been involved in the issue of copyright royalty rates for Internet radio for many years. And I’ve seen vividly that the current royalty rate system threatens to strangle the life out of an industry that is providing both choices for consumers and opportunities for musicians.
Both…
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Speaking on a panel at the Future of Music Summit in Washington D.C. earlier this week, I was surprised at the ambivalence (at best!) of musicians towards Internet radio and the opportunities it offers them to build their fan bases and advance their careers.
After all, if you’re a bluegrass artist in St. Louis or a cabaret singer in San Diego or a folk-rock act in Boston, which form of radio is going to offer the most opportunities to you — AM/FM radio, satellite radio, or Internet radio? Obviously, I think, the latter. AM/FM and satellite radio will almost certainly give you no…
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If you’re a webcaster struggling with issues involving ad insertion, you can be comforted by the fact that at least you’re not alone — the multi-billion dollar corporation NBC (owned by the multi-multi-billion corporation Comcast) is having issues too.
Just as my grandmother had what she called “her shows” (e.g., the noontime soap opera “The Edge of Night”), I have my shows too. In my case, they’re primarily the Thursday-night comedies on NBC (e.g., “30 Rock,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “The Office”).
And because I’m trying to be cutting-edge, I’m trying to “cut the cord…
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