James Cridland Weekly Links is a column by the U.K.’s radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: British spies are reportedly tracking listeners; BBC releases stats; Zane Lowe of Beats 1 interviewed; and much more. Continue Reading
James Cridland Weekly Links is a column by the U.K.’s radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Radio X launch; conference conflict; Microsoft re-enters the digital dashboard; radio innovation in Australia; and much more. Continue Reading
Shazam has reportedly filed financial results for its entire 2014 financial year. While the sound identification app did post solid numbers in terms of audience base, it still had losses overall in the period. Revenue at Shazam in 2014 totaled about £36 million, but the net loss was £14.8 million. The results did reveal nearly 120 million monthly active users for the service, though. Continue Reading
When a big success hits the start-up world, it typically spawns a series of clones. In this case, we have a new service positioning itself as “the Snapchat of music.” Msty is a mobile app that lets its users send song clips via message to their friends, accompanied by images and snippets of text. The unusual name stands for “my song to you.” Continue Reading
Korean consumer electronics manufacturer LG has announced a new online music service that will operate exclusively on the company’s premium smartphones. Contrary to some reports, the announcement makes no mention of streaming, and instead describes a hi-fidelity music download store. It might be good strategy. Continue Reading
Spotify’s newest product, the Discover Weekly playlist, is streaming’s latest attempt at perfect music programming. What is perfect programming? The mixtape metaphor is often invoked. Can data or humans best create the perfect listening experience? Continue Reading
Spotify has sent an email to Apple iOS subscribers, suggesting they cancel their Spotify Premium accounts, if those subscriptions were purchased through the Spotify app, and re-subscribe on Spotify’s website. There is an implied blame of Apple in Spotify’s communication that could be misplaced. We suggest a different approach. Continue Reading
James Cridland Weekly Links is a column by the U.K.’s radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: A global roundup of reaction to Apple’s new Beats 1 radio … and more. Continue Reading
Looking at what a regular, non-techy person must do to listen to Beats 1, the flagship product of Apple Music, it seems as if Apple is making discovery as difficult as possible. Continue Reading
Google Play Music, and its subscription streaming component All Access, have partnered with a handful of world-class orchestras to package and digitally release symphonic albums. Nice idea. Note to Google: Get the details right. Continue Reading
Pandora announced today that its programmatic ad-selling solution, Premium Programmatic, is released from beta and is available to all advertisers. We spoke to Jack Krawczyk, Pandora’s VP of Ad Product Management, about private vs. public programmatic exchanges. Continue Reading
James Cridland Weekly Links is a column by the U.K.’s radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: James begins with a few of his articles, then moves on to the international roundup. Lots of reaction to Apple’s Beats 1 announcement! Continue Reading