Online Radio

Quebecor Media Taps Triton Digital for a Range of Digital Audio and Podcast Services

October 10, 2018

Quebecor Media Group has just announced a new partnership with Triton Digital to handle its digital audio and podcasting offerings. Triton Digital is a digital audio management platform that provides a respo... Read More...

Pandora Opens Up Artist Metrics to Next Big Sound Users

Pandora Opens All of Its Artist Data to the Public

Daniel Sanchez

October 1, 2018

Now, you can view key metrics on just about any Pandora artist on Next Big Sound. Before, only artists, managers, and record labels could measure the success of a musician on Pandora through key metrics. ... Read More...

SiriusXM Acquires Pandora For $3.5 Billion

SiriusXM Acquires Pandora Radio For $3.5 Billion

Daniel Sanchez

September 24, 2018

SiriusXM’s Pandora acquisition could potentially open up new and unique opportunities for both artists and listeners. Looks like SiriusXM has finally purchased Pandora Radio. The $3.5 billion all-stock de... Read More...

U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Webcaster Royalty Rates for 2016-2020

Paul Resnikoff

September 18, 2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. has just issued its determinations for webcaster royalty rates for 2016-2020. Yes, there's something else going on in Washington this week. Today (September 1... Read More...

Americans Listen to 151 Minutes of Music Each Day

Daniel Sanchez

September 17, 2018

So, just how much music do you really listen to? And, how do you spend your music listening time? In Audio Monitor US 2018, a joint study on music habits in the US, Music Biz and AudienceNet have found most... Read More...

Pandora’s Voice-Activated Streams Have Jumped 50% In 2018

Marsha Silva

August 15, 2018

Spotify is projected to surpass Pandora's monthly active users by 2022. But one area Pandora has the Swedish company beat is voice integration with digital assistants. Pandora just announced that its Pandor... Read More...

Early Musical.ly Investor Leads $17 Million Funding Round for Spoon Radio

Daniel Sanchez

August 10, 2018

Can Spoon Radio become the next Musical.ly for internet radio? Goodwater Capital has made a major move in the South Asian app market. The American venture capital firm has teamed up with Softbank Ventures... Read More...

Pandora Reaches 6 Million Paying Subscribers — and Substantially Lower Losses

Marsha Silva

July 31, 2018

The house that Tim Westergren built has reached a once-unthinkable paid subscriber milestone. Pandora and paying subscribers were once an oil-and-water combination. Now, that's starting to change. Earlie... Read More...

Is the ‘Tip Jar’ Idea Finally Dead? Radical.fm Shuts Down

Paul Resnikoff

July 2, 2018

Radical.FM officially shut down its services on June 30th. The idea was fairly unique, and actually garnered some acclaim over years. In its relatively brief lifespan, Radical.fm allowed anyone to play onli... Read More...

Pandora Quietly Rolls Out Family Subscriptions — But Where’s the Special Sauce?

Daniel Sanchez

May 28, 2018

With the launch of Premium Family, Pandora has now rolled out a service eerily similar to Spotify and Apple Music's family plans. Pandora Radio has quietly rolled out its new Premium Family plan for $14.99 a... Read More...

Pandora Local Advertising Solutions (via Miller Advertising)

Digital Audio Advertising Surged 39% In 2017 — a $500 Million Increase

Marsha Silva

May 14, 2018

For years, digital audio advertising has been an underperforming mess. Looks like that's changing fast. Digital audio advertising has been a bastard stepchild for years. Except now the sector is actually e... Read More...

14 Years Later, iTunes Lands on the Microsoft Store

Marsha Silva

April 29, 2018

iTunes on the Microsoft Store? Hell freezes over once again. If you're in the iOS world, this is utterly unimportant. But once upon a time, a Windows version of the iTunes Store was a really big deal. No... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Nearly Eight Years Later, the SoundExchange v. Music Choice Unpaid Royalties Battle Resumes

Stingray Unveils Ford Streaming Radio and Lincoln Streaming Radio Apps

TikTok + iHeartRadio Promo Engine Strikes Again—This Time for Alex Warren

Qobuz and Memphis Community Radio Station WYXR Announce Year-Long Partnership

VuHaus Group Adds the SoCal Sound Los Angeles to List of Affiliates

Quebecor Media Taps Triton Digital for a Range of Digital Audio and Podcast Services

Pandora Opens All of Its Artist Data to the Public

SiriusXM Acquires Pandora Radio For $3.5 Billion

U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Webcaster Royalty Rates for 2016-2020

Americans Listen to 151 Minutes of Music Each Day

Pandora’s Voice-Activated Streams Have Jumped 50% In 2018

Early Musical.ly Investor Leads $17 Million Funding Round for Spoon Radio

Pandora Reaches 6 Million Paying Subscribers — and Substantially Lower Losses

Is the ‘Tip Jar’ Idea Finally Dead? Radical.fm Shuts Down

Pandora Quietly Rolls Out Family Subscriptions — But Where’s the Special Sauce?

Digital Audio Advertising Surged 39% In 2017 — a $500 Million Increase

14 Years Later, iTunes Lands on the Microsoft Store