Emmis Communications Corp announced in a quarterly earnings call that it will “dramatically reduce the operations” of its NextRadio project following years of losses. NextRadio was an effort to make mobile phones act like portable radios, with an app that let listeners tune in to FM stations. It also offered targeted advertising and other enhancements. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Rock’s tough relationship with tech; podcasts exploring the branded space; an interview with Emmis CEO Smulyan. Continue Reading
Emmis Communications announced the launch of its second mobile app for music streaming. The app is named Where Hip Hop Lives, and it’s available for iOS. The free version of the app is ad-supported, but it does have a subscription component as well. Continue Reading
NextRadio announced an adoption milestone: two-million downloads of the NextRadio app. Downloads jumped from 1.5-million in two months. We charted the entire growth curve of app downloads, listening hours, and participating radio stations. Continue Reading
NextRadio announced an adoption milestone: one-million downloads of the NextRadio app. With the announcement of one-million downloads comes an update of the app (scheduled for this Friday, October 17), that will put new, more interactive features into the NextRadio experience. We tracked and charted the history of NextRadio’s key adoption metrics. Continue Reading
Yesterday, we learned about the latest updates to the NextRadio app, as disclosed at The Radio Show in Indianapolis. Also at the event, some insight emerged as to when other carriers might begin including the app in their smartphones. Continue Reading
Earlier in the summer, Jelli announced plans to suspend its social radio service in favor of its programmatic ad platform. The promising Q1 growth for that service continued on Tuesday, with the company’s announcement that its RadioSpot platform will be deployed at seven more radio stations across the U.S. Continue Reading
NextRadio would be in every car if Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan had his wish. Speaking in yesterday’s earnings call to investors, scheduled during CES week when connected cars were the focus in Vegas, Smulyan and CFO Patrick Walsh focused on NextRadio quite a bit. Does iHeartRadio compete with NextRadio? Continue Reading
Tom Taylor’s NOW newsletter reports that Mike Pallad, EVP of Sales at Cumulus Media, is leaving Cumulus for iTunes Radio. Taylor’s blurb cites an internal call to Cumulus managers. As of this writing there is no official announcement or press… Continue Reading