On the Move tracks hires, promotions, and other notable personnel changes within the online audio industry. Today’s moves include an interim hire for Vevo and two promotions at major label divisions. Continue Reading
Vevo conducted new research about the listening habits of millennials, finding that the age group spends an average of 25 hours a week streaming music. The platform also asked about preferences for both streaming services and music genres. Continue Reading
Next Big Sound released its summer report, and the focus for this season was streaming and social media. Even though Pandora purchased the music data specialist this spring, the company is still able to provide compelling insight across several streaming platforms. In fact, Next Big Sound has already tracked more than 1 trillion online plays in the first six months of the year. That covers activity from YouTube, Vevo, Vimeo, Spotify, Rdio, SoundCloud, and new owner Pandora. Continue Reading
Music video expert Vevo has launched an app for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles in select markets. Vevo’s app includes its suite of music videos and original programming, and the PlayStation blog post announcing the launch teased some special exclusive content. Continue Reading
Vevo announced updated viewing data for its video hosting platform, reporting that its clips had more than 10 billion monthly video views in January 2015. The figure marked an 86% increase year-over-year for Vevo. Continue Reading
Rio Caraeff will step down as CEO of Vevo at the end of 2014. CFO Alan Price will serve as the interim leader for the video hosting service while the company looks for a full-time replacement. Vevo has had a rocky year, and the launch of YouTube Music Key is also a potential risk for Vevo’s business. Continue Reading
Vevo has had an interesting summer, from looking for a buyer to not looking for a buyer. Now the video hosting platform has expanded into original content. Vevo has three new shows that spread its reach beyond music videos, but all of them are still centered around the music industry and artists. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Vevo owners rethink selling; Zvooq completes financing round; Brad Paisley helping to launch My Country Nation. Continue Reading
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This week: Swell Music shutters … Vevo looks for a buyer … Pandora releases earnings … NPR reinvents radio, again … Sirius and Radionomy have news. Continue Reading
Vevo is keeping its eyes open for a buyer, but is trying to make internal changes first to make it a more appealing target. The service generates 6 billion views a month, and a large portion of those views are YouTube music videos. Is the window of opportunity shrinking as YouTube prepares its own music-video service? Continue Reading
Last week Vadio, a video-technology platform, announced a partnership with Vevo, a music video portal. The deal gives Vadio access to Vevo videos, for inclusion in curated video streams that Vadio synchs up with radio station webcasts. Vevo embodies a catalog of 100,000 high-quality song videos, concert events, and original programming. The alliance allows Vadio to enhance its existing repertoire of videos from which it curates programming for radio stations and other clients. We talked to Vadio CEO Bryce Clemmer to get more context. Continue Reading