Quick Hits: Movie podcasts and…Paris Hilton?
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Movies and podcasts and why they don’t work; yet another opinion on exclusive releases. Continue Reading
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Quick Hits: Blonde rakes in the bucks; exclusives are big business; one powerful piano
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Blonde has made a million; exclusives top the sales charts; a piano that can do it all. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: The road for rock; more on branded podcast deals; Emmis CEO interview
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
Quick Hits: Reactions to exclusive releases across the industry
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. Today’s duo is centered around exclusive album releases following the debut of Frank Ocean’s highly-anticipated new project released as an Apple Music exclusive. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: NPR cuts comments; NextRadio targets monetization
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: NPR is the latest media group to axe online comments; NextRadio hybrid app targets monetization. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Marketing with data; Coloring on Apple Music; SoundCloud + Spotify?
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify exec on data-driven marketing; behind the scenes with Coloring Book’s success; Spotify as SoundCloud suitor? Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Several snapshots of Spotify
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify gets animated with first original video; interview with the hip-hop curator; new gaming playlists. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Quarterly results for Amazon and Apple, plus industry snapshots
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Amazon Q2 results stay strong; Apple’s Services revenue on the rise; Apple vs Spotify. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Spotify exec talks charts; podcasts for networking; Deezer profitable in two years?
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Deezer targeting profitability in two years; podcasts as networking resource; Spotify’s Kevin Brown says the charts are not boring Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Forecasting a Spotify IPO; Musixmatch gets international flair
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Crunching the numbers on a Spotify IPO, and Musixmatch adds lyrics translations. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Apple should offer free; counting radio toward the charts
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. Today: Bob Lefsetz thinks Apple Music should have free access and Chris Price thinks singles charts should count radio play. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: The “Dashboard Era” of the music industry; radio & podcasting
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. Today: the “Dashboard Era” of the music industry requires greater reliance on streaming data. Also, what did radio’s digital directors think of last week’s Podcast Movement? Continue Reading