Apple is reportedly beefing up its sales force as it expands its iAd mobile advertising network and readies its iTunes Radio webcasting service. AdAge reports (hat-tip to Tom Taylor, who covers the story today in Tom Taylor now here) Apple… Continue Reading
One of the highlights of the upcoming RAIN Summit Orlando on September 17 will be the presentation of the fourth-annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards. This week, we’re revealing the semi-finalists in each of the Awards’ five categories. We began yesterday… Continue Reading
“Two years after introducing video ads to its primarily audio-centric platform, Pandora believes it has found the right balance between user experience and brand objectives,” reads a recent article in ClickZ.com. “And no video ad product would be complete today… Continue Reading
Apple has sent invitations for the rumored September 10 press event (so it’s now official) to introduce the latest iPhone. TechCrunch believes that since the new mobile operating system, iOS 7, is due to arrive around September 20 or so,… Continue Reading
In just two weeks, we’ll present the fourth-annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards at RAIN Summit Orlando (September 17). This week, we’re happy to reveal the semi-finalists in each of the Awards’ five categories, beginning today with the “Best Single Stream… Continue Reading
Spotify, the leading on-demand music subscription service in the U.S., is launching Spotify Connect, a new feature that makes it easier to use and control the service on various devices around the house. The “Connect” button now appears on the… Continue Reading
The Media Audit took a look at radio station websites in over 80 U.S. cities, and have named those stations and clusters that regularly reach the highest percentage of their metro adult population. “The latest figures suggest that radio websites… Continue Reading
Dear RAIN reader,
I’m writing you while on my way home from three great conferences — Radiodays Europe in Barcelona, Canadian Music Week in Toronto, and IAB Audio Day in Los Angeles — and I have to tell you, I am seeing a level of enthusiasm and excitement about the radio industry that I have not seen in years! If you define “radio,” as consumers do, broadly enough to include AM, FM, HD, DAB, satellite, and Internet delivery, then more people are listening to more radio in more places than ever before. Exciting new products,…
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If you’re an executive who’s trying to prepare your radio station (or other company) for the future, wouldn’t it be great if you could jump into a time machine, travel forward to approximately 2015, see what’s happening, and then come back to the present, so your could prepare your company to be a winner in 2015?
Well, when it comes to the subject of how radio will be used in automobiles in 2015, I believe I can show you a way to do that this weekend!
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Before we begin today’s regularly scheduled blog post, I would like to point out something important about the Pandora IPO situation that no one seems to have noticed: Except for costs associated with the process of going public, Pandora is profitable — and has been for the past year and a half!
According to the quarter-by-quarter level detail in their most-recent S-1 filing, Pandora was profitable on an operating basis (i.e., approx. EBITDA, and…
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Pandora touts its growing mobile audience, but one advantage to the desktop experience is the larger canvas for advertisers. It’s arguably an advantage for users on the receiving end, too, if the commercials are contextually relevant. In November, Definitive Technology… Continue Reading
Programming legend Lee Abrams sent out the following “think piece” to his e-mail list today (reprinted with permission):
“For your [Memorial Day] holiday media amusement…
“Woke up today — watched Chicago’s channels 2, 5, 7, 9 as well as Weather Channel, CNN, and others. The big story:
‘Holiday traffic.’ Yet…
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