Pandora announced the hire of a new vice president and head of brand communications. Brad Minor joins the audio company from JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he his role was managing director of brand, advertising, and media. Continue Reading
Facebook is broadening its options for how its users can integrate music into their experiences on the social media network. Those changes include an expansion of its Lip Sync Live feature and new ways to include music in posts and profiles. Continue Reading
TuneIn is expanding its perks for paying subscribers. TuneIn Premium listeners can now hear commercial-free news from radio and podcasts. Instead of the regularly scheduled commercial breaks, listeners will hear curated snippets of programming and updates that they might have missed. Continue Reading
Triton Digital announced that it has signed Grant Broadcasters, an Australian media company, as a client for its services in the delivery, monetization, and measurement of online audio content. “We are thrilled to be working with the Triton team, and are confident that their sophisticated technology will enable us to further grow and evolve our digital audio strategy, and reach our revenue goals,” said Rohan Dwyer, Grant Broadcasters’ group general manager of digital. Continue Reading
Sirius XM reported its third-quarter financial results. Net income for the period totaled $343 million, or 7 cents per diluted share. Quarterly revenue reached a new record of $1.5 billion, up 6% from the third quarter of 2017. The company also received updates on its planned acquisition of Pandora Media. Continue Reading
Show Shouts highlights noteworthy new and upcoming podcasts from across the vast and fast-growing category. Today’s announcements include two sports programs, one from SB Nation and Vox Media and the other from Cadence13. Also Night Vale Presents is back with some musical surrealism and Westwood One gets inspiration from two Navy SEALs. Continue Reading
Dash Radio has raised a seed round worth $8.8 million in support of its free online radio platform. The round will also see some of the investors joining Dash Radio’s board, including Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara. In addition to the funding round, Dash Radio has also reached a milestone of 10 million monthly listeners. Continue Reading
DAX has hired Tom Larkin for the role of programmatic sales director. This hire establishes a new U.S. programmatic division for DAX dedicated to making 90% of its inventory available programmatically. Continue Reading
Amazon has two new developments around its voice assistant and smart speaker efforts. The first item is the launch of Amazon Alexa and the Amazon Echo line in Italy and Spain. The other development is a way to submit feedback on Alexa voice skills. Continue Reading
SoundCloud announced a new integration with Instagram. The latest update allows users to share music from the SoundCloud library directly to their Instagram Stories. The deal is the latest in what has been a very busy fall season for the digital audio provider. Continue Reading
Music has always been a potent force for inspiring emotions, but that passion can extend to music platforms as well. Recent data from MusicWatch found a possible reason why so many studies are seeing low interest in radio among the younger generations. Continue Reading
TuneIn announced a new deal with an original podcast from journalist and news personality Rachel Maddow. The company has been chosen to exclusively represent sales opportunities for Bag Man: A Rachel Maddow Original Podcast. Continue Reading