Tag: radio

“I don’t know what happens to news and I don’t know what happens to sports,” mused Spotify’s then-CFO Barry McCarthy in 2018, when talking about how the music streaming service wanted to take on traditional...

Sonos is kicking its streaming ambitions up a notch, with the launch of a subscription-based radio service called Sonos Radio HD. Available in the US and UK, it costs $7.99 / £7.99 a month, and promises 'high-fidelity...

Breakfast shows are a staple of the traditional radio landscape. Now Spotify has one too. 'The Get Up' is a weekday-mornings show, launching in the US only, delivered as a playlist. That means personalised music picks...

Apple Music is pushing all the boats out for the release of Bruce Springsteen's 20th studio album 'Letter to You'. There'll be a week of radio shows on its new Apple Music Hits station, plus an album listening party and...

The 'will streaming kill radio' debate rumbles on, but it certainly hasn't happened yet: radio airplay remains important for many artists, and tracking it globally remains a challenge. We've written about startups like...

Teenage Engineering’s pocket-sized synthesizers are marvellous, but now the Swedish company is applying its innovation skills to radio. Its latest device, the OB-4, is pitched as a “magic radio” – a portable...

If music streaming services are getting more like radio, why can't radio stations get more like the streaming services too? And they can / are, with the latest example being an offshoot from British broadcaster the BBC's...

Music radio persists in an era of hyper-personalised playlists, possibly because it offers a contrasting linear, set-and-forget experience. One of Germany’s most popular radio stations, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), has...

A new report has been looking at gender diversity through the lens of what gets onto the radio airwaves in the UK. The report, by Linda Coogan Byrne and Women in Ctrl, analysed the 20 most-played British artists on 31 UK...

Spotify’s ‘audio first’ strategy involves an aggressive move into spoken-word content with podcasts (and soon audiobooks?) to compete with live radio. Apple Music has followed a different path, with the...

The recent online Tomorrowland: Around the World festival was a hit, reaching more than one million viewers. The festival has since launched its 'relive' website for ticketholders to watch the sets on demand. Now Apple...

We reported last week that satellite-radio firm (and Pandora owner) SiriusXM was in talks to buy podcasts company Stitcher. Yesterday, the deal was confirmed. SiriusXM is paying $265m in cash for the company, with up...