Pandora is experimenting with plans to launch a different approach to accessing its subscription tier. This potential one-day pass would grant access to the paid Pandora One service, which offers ad-free listening, more song skips, and higher audio quality for $4.99 a month. Twenty-four hours with the paid service is projected to cost 99 cents. Continue Reading
The signing of Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo to PodcastOne could raise awareness of the podcast category among Hispanics, where familiarity is low. Continue Reading
There’s plenty of swirl today about Pandora’s remarks at the company’s Investor Day event last week, during which CFO Mike Herring tantalizingly implied that Pandora might some day create an on-demand music service like Spotify. Click through for his remarks, and the context around the discussion. Chief Strategy Officer Sara Clemens had things to say, too. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Q&A about the Songwriters Equity Act; Mad Genius hits crowdfunding goal; Bandcamp hits $100 million in artist payouts. Continue Reading
Two experts from the European Broadcasting Union wrote an article for Radio World about some of the ideas that have emerged as central components of successful digital radio adoption. David Fernández Quijada, senior media analyst, and head of radio Christian Vogg dubbed those common threads the “five Cs” formula. Continue Reading
Mexican-born radio star Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo has a new distribution outlet, and PodcastOne enters a new market, as El Show de Piolin begins a new run on the podcast network. It is the first Spanish-language program on PodcastOne, joining a portfolio of 200 shows that are downloaded 120-million times a month. Continue Reading
Edison Research President Larry Rosin reviews a survey which questioned how peoople wake up in the morning. Radio? Alarm buzz? Hungry dog? Continue Reading
Nielsen measured the generational reach of radio in a recently released report, calling out a “Millennial majority.” Millennials are the 18-34 cohort, and Nielsen determined that 66.million of them listen to radio each week. The results are more nuanced than many headlines. Continue Reading
Month-over-month webcast listening grew by five percent in December, according to Triton Digital’s monthly Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker. The lift came despite lower listening during Christmas week, compared to the three previous weeks. Big gains for streaming in 2014. Continue Reading
Audioboom announced a global agreement with Panasonic-owned Aupeo, to bring Audioboom’s curated mix of news, sports, comedy, and entertainment audio to the recently-launched Personal Radio by AUPEO!. Continue Reading
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THIS WEEK: Beats Music relaunch; “The Infinite Dial” research; a podcast ratings service of the future; second time around for songwriter legislation; digital radio in Europe; another retailer cools on CD sales Continue Reading