Online Radio

Comedian Nick Di Paolo Is Suing Pandora for $21 Million

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...

Pandora Integrates Stations and Podcasts Into Instagram Stories

Marsha Silva

September 4, 2019

More than a year after Spotify, Pandora is finally enabling sharing on Instagram Stories. In an effort to keep up with the competition, SiriusXM-owned Pandora is now allowing users to share content with frie... Read More...

Super Hi-Fi Granted a U.S. Patent for Its ‘MagicStitch’ Streaming Technology

Ashley King

September 3, 2019

Super Hi-Fi has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent on MagicStitch. MagicStitch technology uses artificial intelligence to identify and remove dead air. The result is a ... Read More...

Despite a Plunge In Pandora Listeners, SiriusXM Quarterly Revenues Hit a Record $2 Billion

Daniel Sanchez

July 30, 2019

SiriusXM has published its earnings report for the second fiscal quarter of 2019. The figures include a small bump on Sirius subs, and a sharp drop in monthly average users at Pandora. In the first quarter ... Read More...

Apple Quietly Expands Siri Support for 100,000+ Radio Stations

Ashley King

July 1, 2019

Apple has added support for over 100,000 live radio stations through its integration with TuneIn and iHeartRadio. Siri users on iPhone, iPad, and HomePod devices can now access these radio stations. Apple... Read More...

Ford Pledges to Include AM Radio in Every Upcoming Vehicle

Gimme Radio Shuts Down 11 Months After Raising $3 Million

2024 Ford Mustang Joins Electric F-150 in Dropping AM Radio

musicFIRST and Future of Music Coalition File Joint FCC Comments

Congressman Joe Crowley Criticizes iHeart’s Resistance to Paying Recording Royalties for Radio Airplay

Comedian Nick Di Paolo Is Suing Pandora for $21 Million

FCC Approves Up to 14.99% iHeartMedia Equity Acquisition From GMEI

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

Morgan Wallen Officially Reinstated by Pandora After Three Month Ban

Sonos Launches Paid, Lossless Quality Tier Called Sonos Radio HD

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

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

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

Super Hi-Fi Granted a U.S. Patent for Its ‘MagicStitch’ Streaming Technology

Despite a Plunge In Pandora Listeners, SiriusXM Quarterly Revenues Hit a Record $2 Billion

Apple Quietly Expands Siri Support for 100,000+ Radio Stations