Today RAIN is excited to bring you video coverage of Kurt Hanson’s State of the Industry Address from RAIN Summit Chicago 2011. In the video (embedded below), Hanson argues that we’re not only entering a fourth golden age of radio,… Continue Reading
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
Pandora scored a clear, and sharply worded, summary judgment from U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, enabling the Internet radio service to continue “performing” (streaming) works included in ASCAP’s entire inventory. The ruling refutes ASCAP’s attempt to narrow Pandora’s right to… Continue Reading
ESPN Audio and Pandora were named dual winners of the “Best Overal Online Radio Service” in the 2012 RAIN Internet Radio Awards, announced today in Dallas. The awards, presented by a tuxedo-ed RAIN publisher Kurt Hanson, capped yesterday’s successful RAIN… Continue Reading
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
Pandora scored a clear, and sharply worded, summary judgment from U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, enabling the Internet radio service to continue “performing” (streaming) works included in ASCAP’s entire inventory. The ruling refutes ASCAP’s attempt to narrow Pandora’s right to… Continue Reading
(from yesterday’s late edition, edited) Nothing like ending the day on an “up” note. For the fourth straight year, leading webcaster Pandora has been named the 2013 RAIN Internet Radio Best Overall Online Radio Service. The Awards were presented at… Continue Reading
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
Leading webcaster (and public company) Pandora plans to sell 10 million more shares of stock as a “follow on” offering, to raise $279 million for “general corporate purposes.” The company’s biggest investor shareholder, Crosslink Capital, also plans to sell 4… Continue Reading
There is an emphasis on advertising solutions this week. Two days ago Songza closed a capital round of $4.7M for developing its “life moments” sponsorship platform. Yesterday Pandora announced its new CEO/Chairman appointment of Brian McAndrews to replace outgoing Joe… Continue Reading
Pandora late yesterday announced the appointment of former Madrona Venture Group and Microsoft exec Brian McAndrews as CEO, president, and chairman. He immediately succeeds Joe Kennedy, who in March announced his intention to step down. McAndrews was recognized as Advertising… Continue Reading
Internet radio service Songza completed a $4.7M round of private equity funding yesterday, almost exactly two years after receiving $2M in venture funds (as reported in CrunchBase). Yesterday’s commitment will be invested in scaling Songza’s native sponsoring platform, in which… Continue Reading