If you have Olympics fever, then now’s a good time to check out TuneIn. The audio company is streaming Westwood One’s coverage of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. “This marks the first time TuneIn has streamed live Olympic content to fans in the U.S.,” TuneIn Chief Content Officer Kevin Straley said. Continue Reading
Carpool Karaoke, the music segment from The Late Show with James Corden, is leveraging its cultural cache into boosting sales. The most striking example happened when First Lady Michelle Obama joined Corden in the car and sang along for four songs. “This Song Is For My Girls” had the biggest spike following its appearance on the clip, with digital sales up 1,562% over the previous week. Continue Reading
Sony Music UK has acquired Ministry of Sound Recordings. The artist division is an arm of the dance music entertainment business that began with the London nightclub of the same name. Continue Reading
Pandora has a new partnership with Woolworths in Australia. The retailer will use a curated Pandora radio station for music in its 970 retail stores. The supermarket chain is also encouraging its patrons to download the Pandora app and listen to the Woolworths radio station at home. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Nashville takes place in the music capital of the world, and one of the world’s most influential music executives, Scott Borchetta, will be the keynote speaker. Borchetta is the Founder and CEO of Big Machine Label Group (BMLG), the #1 independent record label in the world. Continue Reading
SoundCloud announced that its subscription streaming service is now available on Sonos speaker systems. Subscribers with Sonos gear should have their accounts automatically reflect their Go status. Continue Reading
Spotify occasionally releases widgets that put data analysis tools into the hands of its users. The latest one is dubbed Organize Your Music. It surveys your saved music collection and proposes reorganization by genre, mood, decade, style, popularity, and other categories. The RAIN editorial office gave it a spin. Continue Reading
ESPN announced a new addition to its programming with a multimedia documentary called Pin Kings. The story will be told across television, print, and digital outlets in addition to the 16 episodes of podcasting. The audio segment is ESPN’s first foray into episodic podcasting where a long-form story is told over a single season. It is a production style popularized by ‘Serial’. Continue Reading
Updated:The Trade Desk announced this morning that it is integrating with AdsWizz, Triton Digital, and Spotify to provide media buyers with online audio ad inventory. Continue Reading
The world is tuning into the feats of athleticism happening in Rio de Janeiro this week during the Summer Olympics. It all kicked off with Friday’s Opening Ceremony, which contained a surprising, musical win. Continue Reading
Shazam has not been quiet about its plans for business growth beyond audio, but today it revealed an unexpected turn in those plans. Shazam will be at the center of a new television game show on Fox and Shazam Entertainment Limited will be a partner on the series. Continue Reading
The topic of audio quality in streaming has mellowed out of late, but CNBC re-opened the question with a survey into whether listeners actually pick up on the differences. The results seem to echo several other assessments in finding that for the average person, there’s not much impact. Continue Reading