RAIN Time Travel: August 2016 headlines

In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today: highlights from August 2016.

PodcastOne inks Forbes to develop new network

Digital radio listening overtakes FM in Switzerland

Streaming is a third of Universal’s recorded music revenue in H1

Spotify reportedly up to 39M subs, still not interested in exclusives

Spotify trying to untie licensing knots before IPO

Townsquare chooses WideOrbit for network-wide webcasting

Amazon planning two music streaming services (with one at half-price)

Pandora reportedly close to on-demand launch

iHeartRadio hits 90 million registered users

Aussies are favoring streams over sales for music

Wondery launching its first audio drama series

Spotify adds Kids & Family programming

Live365 set to return: Big news for small webcasters

Honda Civic 2016: A case study of the disappearing radio

Streaming has 83% share of Norway’s music market (H1 2016)

iHeartRadio contemplating an on-demand service

TuneIn to stream Olympics coverage

Pandora partners with Woolworths for store radio

UPDATE: The Trade Desk brings streaming audio to media buyers with AdsWizz, Triton Digital, and Spotify integrations

David Porter: Eight Years of 8tracks

If Liberty Media buys Pandora, it will belong to Sirius XM

Apple Music lands in South Korea

Test Drive: Spotify launches Release Radar, an extension of Discover Weekly

Apple Music exits beta in Android (with issues)

The last one is for fun:

Streaming music pillow makes waves on Kickstarter