RAIN Time Travel: February 2016 headlines

Brad Hill

26 minutes ago

In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today — highlights from February 2016. Happy decade surfing.

Sony’s Q4 numbers and execs point to streaming surge

Kurt Hanson: “Bloody Sunday” decimates Internet radio

Spotify videos and podcasts arrive, competing with YouTube and iTunes

Recording Academy to form PAC for music lobbying

RIAA adds stream counts to gold, platinum album certification

Public radio coalition releases podcast measurement guidelines

Mark Mulligan: YouTube Just Broke the Chart’s Back

Pew study: Smartphone-based music listening is increasing

Mark Ramsey: One Surprising Thing Radio Can Learn From Donald Trump

SoundCloud’s 2014 financials show growing losses, fundraising likely in the future

Spain: Streaming subscriptions increased 35% in 2015

Streaming services hit with another pre-1972 royalties lawsuit

Pandora aims for $4B business as Brian McAndrews lays out key lines of strategy

Copyright Royalty Board to NAB: Well done, but no dice

BBC may merge radio and TV in dramatic reorganization

Radionomy adds Erik Portier as Chief Revenue Officer to expand TargetSpot

On-demand streaming as radio programming’s crystal ball

Mark Ramsey: What Making Radio Interactive Really Means

UMG sees streaming revenue share double in 2015

As P2P music piracy declines, other forms arise: MusicWatch study

The Beatles to arrive on Korean streaming services

An iHeartRadio recap: iHeartMedia shares updates in earnings call

Sweden rejects proposal for FM radio shutoff

Radio’s demographic reach: Nielsen compiles 2015 data in new report

iHeartMedia: Radio and digital blur together; CRB will accelerate streaming