Quick Hits: Lyor Cohen on YouTube; home speakers; Spotify advertising
Brief news items and worthy reads from the web: Updates from YouTube’s Lyor Cohen; the trajectory of home audio; advertising isn’t going away on Spotify. Continue Reading
Quick Hits
Quick Hits: Japan and vinyl; Spotify playlists; podcasting salaries
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Japan and the vinyl trend; more on Spotify playlists; how much do podcasting pros actually make? Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Gender on the charts; Spotify update; release date strategy
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Where are the women? Updated Spotify desktop app display. New music…Thursdays? Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Audiobook production; videos for Rap Caviar; happy birthday to 8tracks
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Audiobooks versus podcasts; Rap Caviar gets video; happy birthday to 8tracks! Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Database debates; Carpool Karaoke; iHeart and General Motors; Spotify on Xbox
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: New chapters in the licensing database saga; Apple’s original programming begins with Carpool Karaoke; iHeartRadio’s latest in-car collaboration; Spotify Xbox app reportedly in the works. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Paradigm shift for podcast ads; young diamonds; the dark side of Apple earbuds
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Podcast ads hitting a paradigm shift; streaming and diamond certification; the surprising inspiration behind Apple earbuds. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: College radio and digital in Denmark
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: College radio lives on and digital radio grows in Denmark. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Faster podcasts? Will Apple offer podcast creation? SoundCloud “archive” stopped
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Podcasts at twice the speed spark debate. Will Apple ever offer podcast creation tools? SoundCloud shuts down volunteer “archive” project. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Sirius XM at the center of royalty questions; UMG backing out of Prince deal
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Sirius XM in the royalty spotlight. Judge nullifies UMG’s Prince deal. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Labels take on Spotify playlists. Mighty launches. SoundCloud flounders.
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: How labels approach Spotify playlist promotion. Kickstarter project Mighty launches. More tough news from SoundCloud. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Spotify gets political, two items about Jay-Z’s new album
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify is with the “banned”. Exclusivity window (sort of) ends for 4:44, but the album won’t be on Billboard charts yet. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Music start-up edition
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Stationhead blends playlists and radio. Gig.fm for music livestreaming. MUSO secures financing. Continue Reading