Radio & Satellite

Pandora Takeover Gives The Gucci Bump

In a recent 'takeover,' designed to spark listener interest, Gucci Mane took over the popular Atlanta hip-hop station The ATL, resulting in an appreciable bump in the artist's popularity.

Guest Post on 08/25/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Atlanta, Gucci, Gucci Mane, Mike Will Made It, MTV, MTV Video Music Award, Streaming media, Usher (entertainer), Video clip, Zaytoven

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Does Anyone Want To Buy A Radio Station? iHeartRadio Needs $6 Billion To Pay Back Loans

Terrestrial radio giant iHeartRadio is in a slew of financial trouble as scared investors demand it pay back $6 billion it simply doesn't have, and as advertising revenue for radio continues. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/09/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (6)

Tags: Cody Wilson, Grand Funk Railroad, Gun, Gun Owners of America, Internet radio, Larry Pratt, Mark Farner, radio, Trey Gowdy, Washington DC

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MTV VMA 2016 Nominees – A Full List

MTV has announced its 2016 VMA nominees. Beyoncé tops the list with 11 nominations including Video of the Year for “Formation” and the newest VMA category, Breakthrough Long Form Video, for. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Adele (singer), Ariana Grande, Kanye West, MTV, MTV Video Music Award, MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video, MTV Video Vanguard Award, Taylor Swift

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SiriusXM Tops 25 Million Paid Subscribers, 10% Revenue Growth

SiriusXM is on a tear, and recently the satellite broadcaster made an uninvited advance on Pandora. The music streamer rebuffed the overture, but they may want to reconsider. Their combined. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/26/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Censorship, Greg Maffei, Howard Stern, Internet radio, Satellite radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius XM Radio, Subaru, Subscription business model, United States

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U2, Sting, Drake, Britney Spears, Sam Hunt Headline Impressive iHeart Radio Festival Lineup

iHeartMedia may be struggling to pay the bills, but they've still got the cash and clout to put assemble an impressive festival. And one look at the 2016 iHeartradio Festival. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/25/2016 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Billboard Music Award, Demi Lovato, Gwen Stefani, Iggy Azalea, iHeartRadio, Justin Bieber, OneRepublic, Tipsport Arena (1962), Troye Sivan

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Internet Radio’s “Value Shift” In Waiting [Glenn Peoples]

Could it be that the best way for musicians and rights holders to earn more money moving forward it to get more listeners to ditch traditional AM/FM radio in favor. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/20/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adam Smith, analytics, Apple Inc., Artist, Barnes & Noble, Internet radio, music industry, United States, YouTube, Zero–sum game

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Spotify Takes On Apple’s Beats 1 With New Artist Hosted Radio Shows

Spotify announced artist hosted playlists and shows more than a year ago alongside the announcement that it was adding video. They've slowly built a portfolio of artist and media driven playlists, but. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/13/2016 in Radio & Satellite | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Brief History of Time, Akron Art Museum, Jean Michel Jarre, Jill Furmanovsky, London, Matt Sorum, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, United States, World War II

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Broadcast Radio Losing Influence As Teens Flock To Streaming And YouTube, Says New “Music And Millennials” Study

On demand streaming is now the format of choice for 15-19 year olds, according to a new study by the Music Business Association and LOOP, and most of those listeners are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/12/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Android (operating system), Baby boomer, Bernie Sanders, Bob Lefsetz, Generation Y, Google, PayPal, United States, Venmo, YouTube

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Radio Airplay: Still Worth It? [Brian Hazard]

Here musician Brian Hazard walks us through his experience using Jango/Radio Airplay to promote his music, allowing us to see how effective this sort of paid promotion is, and whether. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/11/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Airplay, Digital audio, Drake (entertainer), Free music, music industry, New Zealand, payola, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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Why Music Streaming Services Need To Attract An Older Audience

With few exceptions, the majority of streaming platform users tend to be largely in the under 35 set, but these services might do well to start courting an older demographic, with. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adele (singer), Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Bob Seger, Garth Brooks, Google, List of online music databases, Pandora, Spotify, Streaming media

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Beers, Blue Jeans, And Broadcast Radio vs. Pandora

For all the criticism leveled at Pandora of late, it seem the popular internet radio service is helping out some mid-tier musicians, or at least those who play country music,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon.com, American imperialism, country music, Dierks Bentley, I Am... Sasha Fierce, iHeartRadio, Internet radio, New York City, Reba McEntire, Somewhere (film)

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