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Quick Hits: Tidal on Harman; Spotify’s Sorting Hat; Bandier on consent decrees

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Tidal on Harman speakers; Spotify’s Sorting Hat; Sony/ATV boss mobilizes Nashville over consent decrees. Continue Reading →

News Quick Hits, Sony ATV, Spotify, Tidal, Wifi speakers

Quick Hits: The song of the summer, plus two interviews

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify’s song of the summer; interview with Songza founder; iTunes VP says there’s “homework” to do. Continue Reading →

News Apple Music, Quick Hits, Songza, Spotify

Quick Hits: Ten years of NPR podcasts; Germany gets Google playlists; Apple Music’s male listeners

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Ten years of NPR podcasts; Google’s Songza-style playlists arrive in Germany; nearly three-quarters of Apple Music subs are male. Continue Reading →

News Apple Music, Google Play Music, NPR, podcasting, Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Playlist promotion; podcast diversity; value perception

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: More angles on playlist promotion; a call for podcast diversity; streaming needs value perception. Continue Reading →

News Billboard, freemium, playlists, podcasts, Quick Hits
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Quick Hits: The end of fall blockbuster albums; the most timeless songs; Internet radio as social experience

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Streaming may mean the end fall blockbuster albums; a data scientist finds the most timeless songs; Wired on Internet radio comeback. Continue Reading →

News data, infographic, Internet radio, Quick Hits, Sales

Quick Hits: How Pandora learns from social; interview with Jelli co-founder; new proposals for Russian royalties

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Pandora is using social to think local; Jelli co-founder explains how programmatic works; Russian government could assume royalty collection duties. Continue Reading →

News Jelli, Pandora, programmatic advertising, Quick Hits, Russia, social media

Quick Hits: Playlist payola; Privacy change at Spotify

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. TODAY: An examination of pay-to-playlist; spotify changes its privacy policy to the disgruntlement of a Forbes columnist. Continue Reading →

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Quick Hits: Bob Lefsetz on podcasts; T-Bone Burnett on streaming

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Brad Hill

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. TODAY: Bob Lefsetz discovers podcasts; T-Bone talks streaming and tech. Continue Reading →

News Bob Lefsetz, podcasting, Quick Hits, T-Bone Burnett

Quick Hits: Dr. Dre exclusive; the price of streaming; Spotify targets tour stops

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Brad Hill

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. TODAY: Apple reveals streaming numbers of Dr. Dre’s exclusive album release; Spotify helps an artist know where to plan tour stops; the price of music subscriptions is examined in the context of what people paid for music in 1999. Continue Reading →

News Apple Music, Quick Hits, Spotify
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Quick Hits: Spotify songs by tempo; Napster digs at freemium; Forbes and Billboard talk radio outlook

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: New gadget selects Spotify music by tempo; Napster critiques Spotify, Apple; Forbes believes in radio; Billboard reviews the web radio landscape. Continue Reading →

News Apple Music, Napster, Quick Hits, radio, Spotify

Quick Hits: Pandora opinion; Bluetooth as streaming tech; telling stories via programmatic

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Brad Hill

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Westergren replies to Byrne; Bluetooth — magic for streaming audio?; brand storytelling through programmatic advertising. Continue Reading →

News Pandora, programmatic advertising, Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Irresponsible Beatles? Herbert Hoover on radio; Apple & BMW

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Brad Hill

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. TODAY: Is it irresponsbile that The Beatles don’t stream? What did Herbert Hoover think of radio? Will Apple build a car? Continue Reading →

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