SoundCloud released a blog post to address questions from its community about takedowns. “There have been a number of incoming questions this week from our community around creativity and content on SoundCloud,” it said. Continue Reading
Podcast hosting and ad-tech company Art19 announces today that it has formalized a relationship with Feral Audio, a comedy podcast network that is enjoying what might be called an “accidental success” story. Feral Audio’s entire catalog of 50 shows is on the Art19 platform, and RAIN spoke with the CEO of Feral. Continue Reading
MIDiA Research released its predictions for 2017. Building on some of the major trends seen in 2016, the expectations for the coming year cover several aspects of the audio industry. “2016 was a big year for streaming, and 2017 will be even bigger,” the report reads. Continue Reading
Podcast host Blubrry Podcasting is rolling out a tool for sharing shows to social media. The Post to Social tool allows producers to automatically publish entire shows to Twitter. For Facebook and YouTube, it publishes the first two minutes of a podcast, with the option to add a custom promotional outro. Continue Reading
Digital music distributor CD Baby has added a Trending and Analytics dashboard for its clients. “This knowledge gives our musicians a vital guide of not only where to tour, but where to market their tracks and albums via targeted social media promotion,” said Kevin Breuner, CD Baby VP of Marketing. Continue Reading
Webcast listening in October lost 2% compared to the previous month, erasing a two-point gain in September, according to Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics monthly Top 20 Ranker, released today. Click through for RAIN’s long-term historical charting. Continue Reading
If you ever wanted to check out what radio stations are playing in Sri Lanka or Casablanca, now you can find out first hand. Radio Garden is an interactive online project that shares stations from around the world. Just spin the digital globe, zoom in on a city, and you’ll see the names of some currently broadcasting stations. Continue Reading
TuneCore has launched an outpost in Italy. The Italian website will have local content and cater specifically to independent artists in that nation. Continue Reading
In a revealing blog post that transparently reveals company financials while explaining economic realities of the music streaming business generally, 8tracks Founder and CEO David Porter has announced that his company has “nearly wrapped our deal with the first of the major labels.” Along with that revelation, Porter says that 8tracks will start its subscription service in the new year. Continue Reading
Snapchat has integrated with Shazam so that users can look up a song from within the photo and video sharing app. When music is playing and a person has the Snapchat app open, the individual can press and hold the camera screen to identify the song. Continue Reading
Deezer has entered into an arrangement with the Manchester United to be the exclusive music streaming partner for the football club. As a global partner for Man U, Deezer will offer fans match day playlists and player playlists. Continue Reading
Neil Young recently announced that Pono Music will turn into a streaming service. The distinguishing factor here is that Pono is promising adaptive bitrate streaming. In other words, the streaming service will always play the highest quality bitrate available on the listener’s Internet connection. It’s a cool idea, but we have some questions. Continue Reading