Record labels have some bad news for radio [Bobby Owsinski]

Radio is still an important medium, but it is not as popular – particularly with music fans – as it once was. So many record labels are cutting their radio promotion teams…..

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Television is tanking, but Radio is reinventing

The future of visual entertainment is looking bleak as TV gets more expensive, less accessible, and just plain less entertaining. Radio faces no such detriments, and continues to succeed.

Why? How?…..

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SoundExchange royalty distributions pass $11 billion

Culumative SoundExchange distributions have passed $11 billion in digital performance royalties since its launch in 2003…..

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Why Spotify won’t give up until they get “Radio” right [Fred Jacobs]

Every streaming platform offers AI-curated “radio,” but Spotify sometimes misses the mark. Here’s where they’re falling short and why they will keep trying…..

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Where do radio listeners draw the line with AI? [Fred Jabobs]

Radio suffers from an identity crisis amplified by increased competition on multiple fronts. AI could be a partial solution, but only if listeners are OK with it. Radio consultant extraordinaire Fred Jacobs explores…..

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Think musicians should be paid for radio play? SIGN THIS PETITION NOW

The United States is one of a handful of countries that don’t compensate artists when their music is played on AM/FM radio. The others denying hundreds of thousands of musicians. Continue reading

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People still listen to radio more than music streams, podcasts combined

The death of broadcast radio listening appears to have been greatly exaggerated. The average person in the U.S. spends 36% of their daily audio time listening to AM/FM radio, according to a new Edison survey…

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College Radio Promotion for Independent Musicians

College radio is one of the few outlets open to independent and self-released music and a prime place to promote to many artists’ biggest listening demographic. Here’s how to get. Continue reading

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An argument for handcrafted Radio [Fred Jacobs]

Where’s the humanity in AI-generated music curation? Is the algorithm really giving you music you want to hear, or what they want you to hear? And yet handcrafted radio is. Continue reading

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EU Labels, Artists want to stop Radio Royalties from going to US acts

European artists and labels are battling a court ruling that pays US performers when their music is played on the radio there. The judgment reverses longstanding reciprocity since US radio. Continue reading

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