RAIN Time Travel: July 2016 headlines

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

Audio streaming more than doubles in first half of 2016 (BuzzAngle)

AdsWizz and National Public Media form podcast-specific advertising marketplace

Audio streams double, digital continues to perform [Nielsen H1 report]

Podcast host Libsyn adds iHeartRadio to its distribution network

Audible launching $5 monthly subscription for short-form audio

Spotify reportedly hits 37 million subscribers on the back of price promos

BBC begins global rollout of iPlayer Radio app

NMPA says members opting in to Spotify mechanicals settlement

Subscription music seeing slow adoption in China

Rhapsody is officially Napster once more

NPR stations to join iHeartRadio

Tencent announces streaming music merger

Apple pitches flat rate for on-demand songwriter royalties to CRB

Universal catalog lands on Russia’s vKontakte

Radio listening inches up, smartphone audio skyrockets in Nielsen Q1

Deezer launches in the U.S.

Spotify officially launches global programmatic ad offering

Pandora rebuffed a purchase offer from Sirius XM’s owner

Radio groups ally with Shazam to develop new audience measurement solution

BBC iPlayer Radio app arrives in the U.S.

NPR moves its streaming to Triton Digital

Streaming keeps rising in France, sparks industry growth for H1

Sirius XM hits $1.2 billion in quarterly revenue

NMPA moves to block Sony from joining mechanical royalty CRB proceedings

French charts now include streams in rankings

MIDiA takes a deep dive into YouTube as a music business