Shazam and TuneIn leverage Google Now in different ways
Radio and stream aggregator TuneIn, and leading music-ID app Shazam, both announced new integrations with Google Now, an Android feature that resembles Apple’s Siri. Continue Reading
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David Oxenford: Copyright Royalty Board Begins Hearings on Webcasting Royalty Rates – When Will We See a Decision?
by David Oxenford
The Copyright Royalty Board has begun the hearing phase of its proceeding to set the royalties to be paid by webcasters for the years 2016-2020. Broadcast law attorney David Oxenford witnessed the day-ong event. Continue Reading
TuneCore announces growth in artist payments from digital distribution
Digital music distributor TuneCore announced first-quarter results — as usual, not in terms of revenue to the company, but through the lens of payouts to musician clients. Artists earned over $36-million in Q1. Continue Reading
Sirius XM Q1 Earnings: “A remarkable quarter.” Is there Spotify impact?
Sirius XM released its first-quarter earnings report yesterday in an investor call that was proud, confident, and featured upward revisions to future guidance of subscriber growth and revenue. Beyond the shhining statistics, Sirius executive talked about licensing, streaming, and Spotify. Continue Reading
Edison Research and Southern Cross Austereo create a strategic relationship
Edison Research announced a strategic relationship with Southern Cross Austereo, Australia’s largest radio company. The agreement will include bringing Edison’s research advancements to the Asia Pacific region, and representation of SCA’s innovations in North America Continue Reading
Podcast upfronts: Suddenly they are a thing
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Last week iHeartMedia hosted a “Soundfront” to introduce a slate of new podcasts to advertisers. Today NPR is hosting a podcast upfront, promoting its most successful existing programs. The era of podcast upfronts has arrived. Continue Reading
Play.it adds programs across eight categories to CBS podcast portal
We hadn’t heard much from Play.it, the CBS podcast listening site, when an announcement of eight added programs came across the screen. Marilu Henner and Jayson Williams are featured celebrity hosts. Continue Reading
Kurt Hanson: End the Suffering
by Kurt Hanson
A stunning video with distressing scenes. And a few problems with the newly-relaunched Tidal music service. Continue Reading
Bauer Media acquires SBS Discovery Radio
European media giant Bauer Media has acquired Nordic broadcaster SBS Discovery Radio, from Discovery Communications pending regulatory approval. Terms of the acquisition have not been reported. Continue Reading
CRB trial day one: summaries, roadmaps, and a small room
Yesterday in Washington, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) held an opening hearing to start the trial portion of Webcasting IV, the music royalty rate-setting process for the upcoming 2016-2020 royalty period. We spoke to sources who were in the (apparently rather small) room). Continue Reading
adStream: McDonald’s connects listeners to social
adStream is an ad-watch journal of interesting commercial sightings in streaming audio.
Some brands are hungry for social engagement, as much as product engagement. That’s the case with McDonald’s, which is running audio/companion ads on Pandora that lead to uniquely persistant connection with regional Twitter feeds. Continue Reading
Record high stream listening in March led by Pandora and Spotify
Webcast listening rose 3% month-over-month in March, and 42% year-over-year, according to the Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker just released by Triton Digital. Pandora and Spotify drove monthly growth. Click through for historical trend charts. Continue Reading