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Pandora is 8th most-used smartphone app (comScore)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Brad Hill

As noted in Audio4cast, Pandora landed in 8th place in comScore’s measurement of top smartphone app usage for August. This metrics category is different from smartphone audience via the phone’s browser. Some top-15 media properties (like Gmail) might have their… Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, News AOL, Apple, apps, comScore, Pandora, smartphones, Yahoo

Music download sales decrease as streaming music gains

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Brad Hill

Digital single-track sales are down over the first nine months of this year, compared to the same period in 2012. The decline has accelerated quarter-over-quarter, with the July-Aug-Sep period showing a 6-percent skid, according to Billboard. Digital album sales have… Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, News Apple, Billboard, downloads, Google, Google Play, iTunes

Is Amazon inching toward a streaming music service?

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Brad Hill

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 →

News Amazon, Apple, Google, iTunes, itunes radio

Apple shakes the ground with early iTunes Radio usage

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Brad Hill

Apple is showing off some dazzling M’s: 200M iOS 7 activations (iOS 7 includes iTunes Radio by default) 9M iPhones sold (combined iPhone 5s and 5c) 11M unique listeners on iTunes Radio That last item is generating some noise in… Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, News Apple, iOS 7, Pandora

iTunes Radio more of a danger to smaller players than to Pandora, analysts suggest

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Paul Maloney

Industry observers who spoke with Ad Week say don’t look for iTunes Radio to decimate current leaders like Pandora and Spotify. “Remember, even on (Apple’s) own devices, Amazon Kindle books are the most read eBooks despite Apple’s attempt to come… Continue Reading →

News Apple, itunes radio, Pandora, Spotify

For a company known for breaking new ground, Apple delivers “nothing new” with iTunes Radio, say reviewers

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Paul Maloney

Perhaps because it’s Apple, the bar just gets set unrealistically high. Not that anyone (that we’ve seen) is outright panning the new iTunes Radio service, one day after what was the most anticipated launch in Internet radio history. It just… Continue Reading →

Reviews Apple, itunes radio, Pandora, reviews

Webcast industry awaits impact of Net radio’s most-anticipated launch ever

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Paul Maloney

Is today the day it all changes? At some point today, Apple will release iOS 7, and with it, the most anticipated service in the history of Internet radio: iTunes Radio. And it’s quite possible that the entire competitive landscape… Continue Reading →

News Apple, Google, Pandora, Slacker

Apple’s iTunes Radio lands tomorrow

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Paul Maloney

The long-awaited Internet radio play from Apple, iTunes Radio, officially goes public tomorrow with the release of the company’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 7. Never before has the launch of an Internet radio streaming service been so anticipated, and perhaps… Continue Reading →

News Apple, CNET, itunes radio, Ramsey

Unanswered questions at Rhapsody

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Brad Hill

Being a first-mover can be dangerous. No music service is more aware of the perils of pioneering than Rhapsody, the subscription listening platform that has been operating since 2001. CEO Jon Irwin, in his RAIN Summit West 2013 keynote, remarked:… Continue Reading →

Opinion & Features Amazon, Apple, Google, jon irwin, Microsoft, Rhapsody

Labels, publishers hope Apple can be as powerful a force in radio as it’s been in music

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Paul Maloney

Yesterday we extensively covered (here) Apple’s iPhone event and the company’s announcement that iTunes Radio will become available in the U.S. on September 18 (one week from today). While CEO Tim Cook and other presenters focused more on the new… Continue Reading →

News Apple, itunes radio

Can iTunes Radio be a “Pandora-Killer?” Look to the comments section!

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Paul Maloney

Great wisdom and insight often comes from your readers (we’re reminded of that almost daily). Today, a Digital Music News commenter very nicely summarized and aggregated seven advantages pundits believe the new Apple iTunes Radio service has over what will… Continue Reading →

Opinion & Features Apple, itunes radio, NPD, Pandora

Public gets first crack at iTunes Radio a week from tomorrow, with new iOS 7

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Paul Maloney

Today during its iPhone press event, Apple announced its iTunes Radio webcasting service will go live to the public when the new mobile operating system, iOS 7, becomes available on September 18. As we’ve previously reported, iTunes Match customers (who… Continue Reading →

News Apple, iOS 7, itunes radio

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