Tag: radio

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...

Spotify's market cap is $48.4bn at the time of writing, having grown by $6.5bn since we last checked in on 19 June – and then it had already grown by nearly $12bn in the previous month. As we explained then, it's the...

*Learn more about how to successfully incorporate podcasts into your content strategy   Podcasts are firmly part of our media diet – with some turning into huge brands and others happy to cater to the most niche of...

Among music industry executives of a certain age, the name 'Michael Robertson' may cause a shiver. His past ventures including MP3·com and MP3tunes sparked high-profile lawsuits from music rightsholders. In recent years,...

Apple has its Beats 1 radio station, but now Google has Nest Sessions. Alright, it's not quite on the same level of ambition. Described as "a mood-lifting music experience inspired by psychology", Nest Sessions will broadcast...

Squeezing new uses from existing technology sparks creative revolutions. Dancing to recorded music was weird until someone who understood the crowd started to link the right songs together in the right place, and created...

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Paul Vogel have been fielding questions from analysts following the company's publication of its Q1 2020 financial results earlier today, and their interview with Music Ally shortly afterwards. There...