James Cridland’s Weekly Links: How to make great radio, and more
by James Cridland
Guest columnist James Cridland Weekly Links, a new column on RAIN News. A new book, changes to BBC streaming, DAB in Australia, and much more. Continue Reading
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“Programmatic” is ANA’s Marketing Word of the Year
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), a leadership group that represents 640 companies carrying 10,000 brands and spending 250-billion marketing dollars, declared “Programmatic” its 2014 Word of the Year. The ANA surveyed 349 participating members to choose that term. What is the future of programmatic advertising in audio? Continue Reading
SoundCloud introduces advertising and new monetization program; what will artists think?
For the first time in its history, the streaming service will begin running advertisements for U.S. listeners. “The introduction of advertising is an important step for creators,” Founder and CEO Alex Ljung said. “Every time you see or hear an ad, an artist gets paid.” The company also debuted plans for a creator partner program called On SoundCloud that aims to aid members in turning their music streams into revenue streams. The crucial note in SoundCloud’s discussions of this change is its focus on the artists. Continue Reading
TuneCore paid $33-million to artists in Q2; we spoke with CEO Scott Ackerman
TuneCore, a leading digital agency that helps musicians distribute their recorded work to digital outlets, announced that its second-quarter revenue distribution totaled over $33-million dollars, an 18% increase over the same period last year. RAIN spoke to Scott Ackerman, TuneCore CEO, to dig deeper into the growth trend, particularly on the music-streaming side. Continue Reading
House hearing #2 re-treads music licensing issues; hammers radio on performance royalties
by Brad Hill
The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives held its second hearing on music licensing regulations, hosting a panel of music-industry executives who delivered prepared statements and answered questions. As with the first hearing on June 10, four contentious issues framed today’s proceeding:
- Broadcast radio’s exemption from performance royalties
- Pre-1972 recordings unprotected by copyright, and receiving no royalties
- Uneven payments across different types of musicians
- Consent Decrees which govern how ASCAP and BMI collect and distribute songwriter royalties
All four pillars of copyright discontent got some play today. Broadcast radio took a severe beating, but unlike the first hearing, the radio industry was represented. Continue Reading
John Popper endorses streaming music by invoking John Philip Sousa
John Popper, best known as the front man of Blues Traveler, clearly did his homework to prepare for questions about Pandora and streaming music. In a video interview on CNBC, when asked about songwriter royalties, Popper delivered a history lesson. Continue Reading
Weekend Perspective: Pandora, Android cars, Nielsen’s 2013 summary, RAIN interviews
Weekend Perspective is a quick and concise summary of the week’s high points in Internet radio and online audio. It was an eventful week! Catch up fast, refresh your neurons, and prepare your thoughts for the coming week. Continue Reading
Pandora is a $6.5B company, and nobody is talking about iTunes Radio, including Apple
Pandora is more than holding on to its 14% stock ascension yesterday, it has added another five percent as of this writing. Meanwhile, the silence around iTunes Radio resembles, well, dead air. How Pandora is trying to replace radio, and dominate Internet radio. Continue Reading
Storyline 2013: Royalty Rumblings
2013 was the year in which music royalties were lifted from the realm of legal arcana, and placed in public consciousness. Along with that, the related issue of musicians’ livelihood was insistently inserted into the online conversation. A U.S. lawmaker introduced a new royalty regulation bill. Radio and label groups cut new deals. And Pandora shifted focus. Continue Reading
Nielsen’s “Music 360” report: Digging in with David Bakula
Nielsen released its annual Music 360 survey report this week. Two of the headline points are that radio is the dominant music-discovery medium, and that teens listen to music in YouTube more than any other source. RAIN spoke to David… Continue Reading
Is Amazon inching toward a streaming music service?
Amazon caused a media ripple yesterday when it connected its previously independent Amazon Cloud Player with its MP3 Store. The Cloud Player is an online music locker where customers can store their owned tracks (whether purchased from Amazon or not),… Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: February 6
— Continuing Self-Reinvention (Universal Music Group)
— The Enduring Top 3 (Edison Research)
— — Head First (Dane Cardiel)