RAIN Time Travel: October 2016 headlines

Brad Hill

2 hours ago

In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today: highlights from October 2016. Click any headline to see the original post.

iHeartMedia stations start promoting upcoming on-demand service

Streaming pegged to dominate global mobile music market by 2022

Mobile keeps growing in Nielsen Q2 Total Audience Report

Spanish Online Radio Association to certify internet radio and podcasting

iHeartRadio arrives in Canada

AdLarge and Marketron partner in latest radio programmatic venture

8tracks raises $2M and plans shift to subscription model

Soundtrap completes $6 million funding round

BitTorrent ends streaming experiment and makes staff cuts

Amazon Music Unlimited launches: An on-demand subscription showcasing Echo

Acast offering podcast creators access to a music library and editing tools

Martin Lorentzon steps down as Spotify chairman, replaced by Daniel Ek

AudioHQ to exclusively rep Triton Digital’s U.S. advertising inventory; Triton sales team joins AudioHQ

J.D. Power tackles customer satisfaction in streaming

SoundCloud Go arrives in Canada with Triton Digital supplying ad monetization

Study explores why Brits are shifting to subscriptions

Spotify enters vertical video ads with branded moments

NPR posts record audience numbers across all platforms

Streaming took over Sweden’s music business in the last 6 years

Omny Studio making Visualised Audio posts for social sharing

New podcasting startup Bumpers arrives with $1 million in funding

Bing search engine partners with TuneIn to deliver online radio stations

SoundExchange files royalty rate request for satelite radio

Pandora Q3 earnings: splashy, scary to Wall Street, and about the long view

Pandora Premium to get December debut, followed by Q1 2017 launch

NPR hires podcasting general manager