Online Radio

SoundExchange Sues LiveOne and Slacker Over ‘Millions’ In Unpaid Royalties

June 29, 2022

SoundExchange is officially suing LiveOne and Slacker for allegedly failing to pay owed royalties for streams from the last five-plus years. SoundExchange, which collects digital performance royalties for r... Read More...

BTS Sets Apple Music 1 Streaming Record Ahead of Album Release: ‘Biggest Show of the Year’

Dylan Smith

May 31, 2022

Photo Credit: AJeong_JM / CC by 4.0 K-pop sensation BTS has officially set an Apple Music 1 (formerly Beats 1) streaming record with the debut episode of BTS Radio: Past & Present, Apple Music has reveale... Read More...

Gimme Radio Raises $3 Million In Partnership With iHeartMedia — Concord, Metal Blade Records, The Orchard Also on Board

Ashley King

May 25, 2022

Photo Credit: Andy Gilliland / CC by 4.0 Gimme Radio has announced $3 million in funding in partnership with iHeartMedia, amplifying the social radio innovator's reach across new communities. The digital rad... Read More...

Amazon Launches Live-Radio App Amp, Featuring ‘Tens of Millions of Licensed Songs,’ and Strikes Deal With Nicki Minaj

Dylan Smith

March 8, 2022

Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger Amazon has officially launched a live-radio app called Amp, which allows users to choose from a library of “tens of millions of licensed songs” – and accept listeners’ calls –... Read More...

Comedian Nick Di Paolo Is Suing Pandora for $21 Million

Ashley King

March 4, 2022

Photo Credit: Bruno Emmanuelle Comedian Nick Di Paolo is joining several other comedians who are suing Pandora over unlicensed jokes. Last month, Digital Music News reported on several comedians who launched... Read More...

FCC Approves Up to 14.99% iHeartMedia Equity Acquisition From GMEI

Dylan Smith

December 27, 2021

Back in March, it came to light that Global Media & Entertainment Investments (GMEI) planned to increase its stake in iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT) to a maximum of 49.99 percent – an intention that elicited ... Read More...

iHeartRadio Pledges to Exclusively Play ‘Taylor’s Version’ Tracks Moving Forward

Dylan Smith

November 18, 2021

Photo Credit: Glenn Francis / CC by 3.0 iHeartRadio has officially pledged to exclusively play re-recorded Taylor Swift tracks moving forward, replacing the original masters with Taylor’s Version recordings a... Read More...

Morgan Wallen Officially Reinstated by Pandora After Three Month Ban

Paul Resnikoff

May 14, 2021

Screenshots of Morgan Wallen being played on Pandora accounts on Friday, May 14th. SiriusXM-owned Pandora Radio has now lifted its three-month ban on Morgan Wallen music, according to multiple reports from fa... Read More...

Sonos Launches Paid, Lossless Quality Tier Called Sonos Radio HD

Ashley King

November 12, 2020

Sonos Radio is getting a new paid, lossless-quality audio tier – cheaper than other rivals. The speaker manufacturer graduated from just a hardware company to offering a streaming service of its own in April... Read More...

Apple Music Introduces ‘Africa Now Radio’ featuring Afrobeats, Kuduro, Hip-Hop, More

Dylan Smith

May 28, 2020

An aerial shot of Enugu, Nigeria. Photo Credit: Ovinuchi Ejiohuo Apple Music is set to release a new Africa Now Radio show hosted by 28-year-old Nigerian DJ and curator Cuppy. Apple Music officials formally ... Read More...

Traditional AM/FM Radio Is Growing During COVID-19 Quarantines

Dylan Smith

April 13, 2020

photo: Eric Nopanen With government-issued stay-at-home orders and non-essential business closures continuing to affect schedules across the United States and the world, many are turning from music streaming ... Read More...

iHeartRadio Just Replaced Hundreds of Human Workers With ‘Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)’

Paul Resnikoff

January 15, 2020

iHeartRadio Denver (photo: Jeffrey Beall CC by 4.0) Yesterday, we first reported on iHeartMedia's mass layoff of employees nationwide. Now, the company has explained why those people were let go. We certain... Read More...

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iHeartRadio Just Replaced Hundreds of Human Workers With ‘Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)’