TikTok may have at least temporarily gotten its ducks in a row for licensing, but music publishers are still threatening legal action. David Israelite, CEO of the National Music Publishers Association, told the Financial Times (paywall) that a lawsuit is a “likely future step.” Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: James offers some real talk about the wave of listening statistics coming in from radio and podcast operations alike as the world remains on pandemic lockdown. Continue Reading
RAIN Founder and CEO of AccuraRadio Kurt Hanson posts this special announcement about a new coronavirus resource from AccuRadio and RAIN News. We know there’s already a lot of news out there. The mission of Coronavirus Watch is to organize and synthesize information overload in a uniquely useful format. Continue Reading
Pod Drop features new, interesting, and returning podcasts. Today: The No Sports Report from Treefort Media, Doctor’s Log from Cadence13, and The Refuge from PRX. Continue Reading
Short-form video has been a huge focus for Internet and media culture, and the field could be seeing some shifts. First, TikTok is moving to make its massively popular platform more in line with the major labels. Second, YouTube isn’t going to cede its video crown to the newer rival just yet. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. Today’s items include a Google Podcasts AMA, some figures from a Russian streaming service, and more of the latest on how the music industry is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
Anchor, the streamlined podcast creation platform owned by Spotify, announced an update to its analytics tools. The service is adding more metrics for podcasters powered by Spotify. The new charts on the Anchor dashboard are based on data coming from Spotify streams rather than from download counts or from RSS feeds. Continue Reading
Owen Grover departed as Pocket Casts’ CEO at the start of the week, and is already taking the helm at a new operation. He has joined TrueFire Studios, an alliance of online music education companies, as its chief executive. Continue Reading
Content network Evergreen Podcasts is announcing a second investment from Lake Effect Radio in Ohio. The $500,000 fundraising follows a previous investment by Lake Effect Radio of $2-million. Continue Reading
Global streaming music leader Spotify has selected Cisneros Interactive to exclusively manage the advertising service portfolio of Spotify in Latin America, one of Spotify’s most important and fast-growing markets. Continue Reading
SoundCloud has been moving aggressively to support independent and grassroots artists in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, CEO Kerry Trainor authored a blog post outlining the company’s strategy to help alleviate the financial woes performers are facing. Continue Reading
Acast has released its financial results for last year. The podcasting company doubled its annual revenue from 180 million kroner ($19 million) in 2018 to 361 million kroner ($38 million) in 2019. Revenue growth in the Americas and Europe propelled the company to the strong annual results. Continue Reading