Pandora has a new partnership with Woolworths in Australia. The retailer will use a curated Pandora radio station for music in its 970 retail stores. The supermarket chain is also encouraging its patrons to download the Pandora app and listen to the Woolworths radio station at home. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Nashville takes place in the music capital of the world, and one of the world’s most influential music executives, Scott Borchetta, will be the keynote speaker. Borchetta is the Founder and CEO of Big Machine Label Group (BMLG), the #1 independent record label in the world. Continue Reading
SoundCloud announced that its subscription streaming service is now available on Sonos speaker systems. Subscribers with Sonos gear should have their accounts automatically reflect their Go status. Continue Reading
Spotify occasionally releases widgets that put data analysis tools into the hands of its users. The latest one is dubbed Organize Your Music. It surveys your saved music collection and proposes reorganization by genre, mood, decade, style, popularity, and other categories. The RAIN editorial office gave it a spin. Continue Reading
ESPN announced a new addition to its programming with a multimedia documentary called Pin Kings. The story will be told across television, print, and digital outlets in addition to the 16 episodes of podcasting. The audio segment is ESPN’s first foray into episodic podcasting where a long-form story is told over a single season. It is a production style popularized by ‘Serial’. Continue Reading
The world is tuning into the feats of athleticism happening in Rio de Janeiro this week during the Summer Olympics. It all kicked off with Friday’s Opening Ceremony, which contained a surprising, musical win. Continue Reading
Shazam has not been quiet about its plans for business growth beyond audio, but today it revealed an unexpected turn in those plans. Shazam will be at the center of a new television game show on Fox and Shazam Entertainment Limited will be a partner on the series. Continue Reading
The topic of audio quality in streaming has mellowed out of late, but CNBC re-opened the question with a survey into whether listeners actually pick up on the differences. The results seem to echo several other assessments in finding that for the average person, there’s not much impact. Continue Reading
Audio.ad, an ad technology company which has made quick inroads to and U.S. Hispanic market in addition to Latin America, has reached a deal with XAPPmedia to exclusively represent XAPP Ads in Audio.ad’s two major markets. Continue Reading
Guest columnist David Porter, Founder and CEO of 8tracks, looks back at eight years of developing the platform. It’s a mix of challenges and triumphs. “Internet radio could well become the most ubiquitous form of media mankind has known.” Continue Reading
Guest columnist Glenn Peoples writes about Pandora features that give artists more direct communication to their fans, complete with stats to support their effectiveness. When artists record messages for album premieres, he posits, click-through rates far exceed digital marketing benchmarks. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Extensive analysis of the RAJAR data. Millennials’ affinities for podcasting and radio. Much, much more. Continue Reading