iHeartRadio announced that it has more than 90 million registered users. The digital service is attracting users at a rapid clip, with the 80 million registered user milestone reached just seven months ago. The “registered users” metric is different from “active users” — a Pandora measurement, and also different from Spotify subscribers which is yet a third gauge of audience size. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio is sending an email survey which describes a prospective on-demand music service and asks recipients how likely they would be to subscribe. It could be the the first hint of an important dent in the competitive forces which rule the online music industry. Continue Reading
NPR is coming to iHeartRadio. According to a new deal between the public radio organization and iHeartMedia, more than 260 NPR member stations will have the opportunity to stream their live news and talk programming on iHeartRadio. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio has announced streaming stations that focus on hits from single years. Called Class of Radio, the idea is to pick your graduation year. In our test, we heard an ad-free station sponsored by a student loan refinancing company — a nice campaign tie-in. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio announced that it has surpassed 85 million registered users. At a rate of 5 million users in three months, the company boasted that, “This growth means that iHeartRadio is still gaining users at a faster rate than Facebook and any other streaming music service!” Continue Reading
It’s a sad day for the music world with the death of the artist known as Prince. The incredible performer had a huge impact on his many fans and fellow musicians. Multiple radio and music sources are now paying tribute to Prince’s massive talent and vast catalog of wonderful music. Continue Reading
Everyone has their preferred ways to relax. And we love to see digital media channels sharing a sense of humor and pop culture savvy. Thus we report that, for the stoners of the world, iHeartRadio is honoring today’s date (4/20) by featuring WeedStream on its homepage. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia delivered its Q4-2015 earning report and investor call last week, and as usual with these calls, the prepared statements and answers to investor questions gave perspective on the company’s strategic thinking. Broadcast and digital are “as one.” Continue Reading
iHeartMedia has shared its financial results for Q4 and FY 2015. The news release also included some details about the iHeartRadio. Although the parent company doesn’t break out financial details separately for its online audio brand, it did share some stats and metrics. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio is announcing today that is 80-million registered users, up from 70-million in June, 2015. That rate of growth enables the claim that iHeartRadio is growing “faster than Facebook or any other streaming music service.” Click through for terms used in the audience wars. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia is partnering with Canada’s largest media company, Bell Media, to take iHeartRadio to Canada this year. The exclusive deal pairs iHeart’s listening platform, one of the three leading streaming audio services in the U.S., with Bell Media’s 106 licensed radio stations across Canada. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia is at CES this week, and issued a press release sharing its newest tech integrations. The company’s iHeartRadio streaming audio platform will now be available on several additional home and wearable technology platforms. Continue Reading