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Pureplay of the Day: All Beatles (& Stones, but not this week) Radio

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Brad Hill

As with yesterday’s POTD, we are celebrating Beatlemania, 50 years later. today’s Pureplay of the Day revisits a past selection: All Beatles & Stones Radio, an iHeartRadio pureplay station. The station has been renamed “24/7 Beatles” for an undetermined time. Continue Reading →

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Shazam reportedly raising $20M, valued now at $500M

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Brad Hill

Shazam, best known as a music-identification app, is reportedly closing a $20-million funding round with undisclosed investors. Perhaps the most important part of the news is a reported disclosed valuation of $500-million. Continue Reading →

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The Echo Nest partners with Japan’s Hikari-TV music service

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Brad Hill

Music intelligence company The Echo Nest continues its global expansion in a partnership with Hikari-TV, part of NTT Plala. (NTT is Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.) Hikari-TV is an in-home provider of broadband services including on-demand video and music. Continue Reading →

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RAIN Summit NYC: wrap-up part 3

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Brad Hill

RAIN Summit NYC, “Pureplays and Podcasts Day,” was hosted last Wednesday at The Greene Space in Manhattan. this wrap-up includes the licensing panel, and the innovative platforms panel. Continue Reading →

Events David Oxenford, RAIN Summit, RAIN Summit NYC

Spotify partners with The Times (London)

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Brad Hill

Subscribers to digital editions of The Times (London) newspaper now get a Spotify subscription at no extra charge. Spotify normally costs U.K. users 120 British pounds per year. A digital subscription to The Times is priced at 312 British pounds per year. Continue Reading →

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Pureplay of the Day: BeatlesRadio.com

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Brad Hill

The whole world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles performing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, considered the start of Beatlemania. Well, part of the world, anyway, and mostly people of a certain age. Continue Reading →

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RAIN Summit NYC: wrap-up part 2

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Brad Hill

RAIN Summit NYC, “Pureplays and Podcasts Day,” was hosted last Wednesday at The Greene Space by Jennifer Lane, CEO of RAIN Enterprises and president of RAIN Summits, and Kurt Hanson, founder of RAIN Newsletter. Continue Reading →

Events Edison Research, Kurt Hanson, Larry Rosin, RAIN Summit

Spotify tries its hand at “radio”; Billy Bragg is host

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Brad Hill

Spotify announced a new programming tactic it calls a “radio show,” starring singer/songwriter Billy Bragg. A monthly production, the first episode will appear tomorrow, February 11. The program’s hook is a “talking playlist.” Continue Reading →

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Pandora welcomes indie musicians with open submissions

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Brad Hill

Pandora announced a new open submission process for independent artists and small labels who wish to place music in Pandora’s streams. The breakthrough aspect for independent musicians is ease of submission. Continue Reading →

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Nielsen audio report focuses on radio’s reach

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Brad Hill

The first edition Nielsen’s quarterly State of the Media: Audio Today 2014 report is out. Although the report’s title uses the general term “audio,” the study is only about radio’s reach and radio’s listener behavior. As such, it provides an uplift for the radio industry. Continue Reading →

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Beats Music and Rdio board the Chromecast train

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Brad Hill

Streaming music to one’s TV might not be the most intuitive use-case scenario, but it’s getting more popular. One reason is that the television sometimes is attached to the home’s best sound system. Beats Music and Rdio have integrated with Chromecast to enable that. Continue Reading →

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RAIN Summit NYC: wrap-up part 1

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Brad Hill

RAIN Summit NYC, “Pureplays and Podcasts Day,” occurred yesterday at The Greene Center. The event was sold out weeks in advance, and atrocious weather didn’t stop most attendees or dampen enthusiasm in the room. Here, a wrap-up of the first two panels. Continue Reading →

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