We got one glimpse at Apple Music subscribers thanks to Wristly, and today another peek comes from Jackdaw Research. The company surveyed just 500 people about their use of the streaming platform, but the results still offers some insight into how Apple Music is performing in the field after its initial free trials lapsed. Continue Reading
A new poll from Harris Interactive detailed the knowledge and preferences of prospective vehicle buyers about connected cars. Among those who were at least somewhat interested in owning a connected vehicle, 65 percent said they would prefer to have a built-in system. That’s good news for the projects currently in the works at the tech leaders, such as Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto, because they’ll have a leg up in buyer interest. Continue Reading
A new poll conducted by TV magazine 60 Minutes, in collaboration with Vanity Fair magazine, found that Americans choose radio as their favorite music-listening medium more than any other. Methodology of this survey was not disclosed, except that respondents were American. Continue Reading
Lean back, or lean in?
This week’s poll asks whether you prefer effortless listening, or the fun (and effort) of selecting your own music and playlists. Continue Reading
Leading Internet radio platform Pandora seeks to reinvent radio and replace it. The brand is often referred to as Pandora Radio, implying that Pandora is the same as radio … but different. Is Pandora radio? Click through to vote your answer. Continue Reading
This week Mark Kassof has been releasing installments of his ListenerThink study, in which Millennial listeners were asked to rank their sentiment toward FM, AM, and a selection of Internet music services. Pandora and FM came through with the rosiest scores.… Continue Reading
Inside Radio reported new diary-based research indicating that AM/FM radio occupies at least two-thirds of audio minutes heard across generational divides. The study is branded by USA TouchPoints, a metered-behavior service launched in 2011 under the wing of the Media… Continue Reading
Larry Rosin authored a new Edison Research package titled “The New MainStream,” a study of Internet radio listening. (See the slides here, and RAIN’s initial coverage here.) The survey was presented at this week’s Advertising Week conference in New York, in… Continue Reading
Edison Research has released a new study of streaming audio adoption, indicating that over half of the American online population listens to Internet radio. The research package, titled “The New MainStream” (get it?) details survey results of 3,014 connected Americans… Continue Reading