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Slate launches Panoply, a new podcast network
Internet media brand Slate has launched a new podcast network called Panoply. We spoke with Andy Bowers, Executive Producer & Creator of Slate Podcasts, about the Panoply portfolio, business model, and the user experience he is striving for. Continue Reading
Aspiro shareholders deny Jay-Z’s takeover bid
Music and business mogul Jay-Z made an offer to buy Aspiro, parent company for the Tidal and WiMP streaming services, back in January. Although Aspiro encouraged its shareholders to accept the roughly $56 million offer, the response from those shareholders has been lukewarm. Continue Reading
Denmark’s music market rises on strong streaming performance in 2014
The recorded music industry in Denmark posted a record year on the back of a 50.5% increase in revenue from streaming services. With streaming accounting for 58.5% of the market’s total revenue, that boost helped secure industry growth of 1.8% for the year to 437 million Danish kroner (about $66.5 million). Continue Reading
In sign of the times, Led Zeppelin opens catalog to more streaming services
In the early days of streaming, it wasn’t uncommon for big-name musicians to withhold their catalogs from online services. Led Zeppelin was a famed holdout, to the point where the band giving exclusive rights to Spotify back in 2013 was groundbreaking. So it’s a sign of the times that the Zep is expanding where you can hear its music. This week, the band opened up its library to listeners on several more platforms, including some that specialize in hi-def listening, such as Tidal and Deezer Elite. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit West calls for new companies to participate in influential panel
Calling startups in the streaming audio space!
RAIN Summits announces the “Streaming Audio’s Startup Economy” discussion panel at RAIN Summit West, April 12 in Las Vegas.
Early-stage startups — this is your invitation to apply for a chair on the panel. Present your early-stage business at the premiere information and networking event for the streaming audio industry! Continue Reading
eMarketer projects growth of streaming radio audience; advertisers look beyond platform to audio marketing
A recently released eMarketer study bundles a growth projection with an assessment of advertiser sentiment. On the growth side, the research company sees the audience for online radio growing from 160-million last year to 192-million in 2019. Continue Reading
Larry Rosin: What Hath Technology Wrought?
by Larry Rosin
Guest columnist Larry Rosin, President of Edison Research, shares an information bite from the upcoming presentation of The Infinite Dial. Edison introduced a new query to the long-running survey series. Consumers were asked for their sentiment regarding technology generally. Continue Reading
adStream: We hear frequent real estate ads, as category is projected to grow
adStream is a journal of ad-stalking in streaming audio services.
We have heard real estate ads frequently during the course of these weekly installments. Borrell Associates released a study of ad spending in the real estate category, projecting an increase in streaming audio. We expect to hear more of Zillow and Trulia, and local agency ads as local streaming audio marketing grows apace. Continue Reading
AdsWizz partners with DMP Lotame for audience intelligence
Ad-tech company AdsWizz announced a partnership with data management platform (DMP) Lotame. Lotame’s audience segmenting datasets will be bundled into the AdsWizz advertising platform, called AdWave. Continue Reading
Beatport launches free (and ad-free) streaming services
EDM specialist Beatport has started the beta of its free streaming music platform. The player is embedded on the website, and you can continue to listen as you navigate around the site. TechCrunch’s review of the beta was uniformly positive, with just a one critical note about the ability to browse. Continue Reading
Spotify looking to hire lobbyist
Spotify is looking to hire a vice president of public policy to help give voice to the company’s interests among lawmakers. This new hire will report to Jonathan Prince, Spotify’s global head of communications and public policy. Continue Reading