RAIN Time Travel: December 2015 headlines
In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today — highlights from December 2015. Happy decade surfing.
Consumer digital spending grows; digital advertising grows faster
Live365 suffers a collision of misfortunes, lays off most employees and vacates office
Smooth Jazz Chicago prepares to shut down in small webcaster fallout
Mid-size and small webcaster reaction to new CRB rates
CRB Developments: Revised Rates and Terms, Issues about Performance Complement and Small Webcasters
Data from the first weekend of streaming The Beatles
Columbia House to return as a vinyl delivery service
Spotify plans to launch new publishing royalties system
Pandora’s Rdio acquisition is signed, sealed, and delivered
Pandora lands private deals with ASCAP & BMI; charges into 2016 with key relationships and rate certainty
Sonos continues to lead home speakers thanks to many, many partnerships
Another new music service bites the dust: Domino.fm
Rumor Fact(ory): The Beatles to officially stream this week?
NPR partners with Facebook for new native audio posts
Nicki Minaj calls for streaming sales equivalents
Vivendi acquires majority stake of Radionomy
CRB Rate Ruling: $.0017 for Pandora et al, SoundExchange wanted $.0025
CRB rates and Pandora
Howard Stern inks 12-year contract to stay with Sirius XM
Silent Night scheduled for Rdio
Taylor Swift tour video to be Apple Music exclusive
Pandora arrives on Apple TV
Wall Street Journal launches podcast suite
Virgin, Verizon explore data-free streaming programs to mixed response
Serial’s back with season two
Rhapsody closes year with 3.5 million subscribers
WNYC experiments with social-friendly “audiograms”
Bauer Media acquires Finland’s Radio Nova
EXCLUSIVE: Live365 and Blubrry launch Podcast2Radio, streaming distribution for growing podcast audiences
Radio.com launches Looped, a watchable online radio stream
Pandora will get its $300-million next week as stock nears YTD low and CRB decision looms
YouTube reportedly preps Netflix-like service
Tidal brings on former Soundcloud/Muve exec as new CEO
Dave Grimaldi to join IAB from Pandora to head DC lobbying efforts
Podcast company Acast continues raid of WNYC, hires Sarah van Mosel
RESEARCH: Native digital media is “past a point of no return”
