Pandora Plans To Test AI-Powered Interactive Voice Ads Later In Year
If your primary gripe with advertisements is that you can't talk back to them, you're in luck. Beginning later in the year, Pandora will begin test driving interactive voice ads,. Continue reading
Daytrotter Moves Iowa Studio To Atlanta To Strengthen Paste Magazine Connection
Daytrotter has closed its Davenport Iowa venue space and recording studio and will relocate to Atlanta.The move will put Daytrotter closer to Paste Magazine, the online publication that hosts Daytrotter’s. Continue reading
Ex-Pandora CEO To Oversee Pitchfork, Wired, Condé Nast
Roger Lynch, the former CEO of Pandora, has been named the first global CEO of Condé Nast and will join the media and publishing conglomerates's board. Condé Nast’s whose portfolio includes. Continue reading
Impala, AIM Express Concerns As Brexit, UMG Sale Loom
As Brexit uncertainty grows and suitors circle Universal Music Group, EU independent music trade groups IMPALA and AIM are calling on both the EU and the UK to ensure that. Continue reading
Apple Music Is Now Cheaper Than Spotify, YouTube In India
The race to the bottom continues as Apple Music cuts streaming music subscription rates in India weeks after Spotify and YouTube Premium launched there. New individual subscriptions have been cut. Continue reading
Drowned In Sound Goes Under
Online music publication Drowned In Sound, has stopped publishing after almost 20 years. Some writers are waiting for payment, according to multiple sources, though UK-based founder and editor Sean Adams says. Continue reading
Pre-Adds, Pre-Saves Are The New Pre-Orders – Is That A Good Thing?
Much as streaming has replaced traditional album sales, Spotify and Apple music 'pre-saves' have replaced pre-orders. While these pre-saves are certainly good news for artists as a metric of gauging. Continue reading
Why Would Anyone Invest In Post-Bankruptcy iHeartMedia? Because ‘Radio Motivates Behavior’ says Fred Jacobs
At a time when more younger listeners are tuning out in favor of streaming and other forms of media consumption, broadcast radio giant iHeartMedia is hoping to raise $100 million. Continue reading
