Share this postPlatform & StreamPandora Stories Debuts; Spotify Launches In India; iHeartMedia Makes it Easy to Create ‘Pop-Up’ Radio StationsCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMorePandora Stories Debuts; Spotify Launches In India; iHeartMedia Makes it Easy to Create ‘Pop-Up’ Radio StationsPlatform & StreamFeb 27, 2019Share this postPlatform & StreamPandora Stories Debuts; Spotify Launches In India; iHeartMedia Makes it Easy to Create ‘Pop-Up’ Radio StationsCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareIn an effort to one-up Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora this morning announced the launch of a new marketing tool for artists, called Pandora Stories. The feature allows artists to build music playlists combined with voice tracks, where they can add a narrative and deeper insights – explainin…The popular global streaming brand has flicked the switch on its service in India, boasting a premium product priced at just INR 119 ($1.67) per month and a library of 40 million songs.Radio giant iHeartMedia, which runs more than 850 stations throughout the US, is expanding into the world of "pop-up" broadcasting following its acquisition of...Audible Magic announced two new services, Rights Audit, and Rights Rx to address the industry-wide problem of distribution conflicts between rights owners and their respective music catalogs.This raft of M&A represents an earnest push into the podcasting market by a company heretofore known as a streaming music trailblazer. Spotify is pulling no punches about its strategic ambitions in this space,The word’s biggest digital music service angrily berated the world’s third biggest music rights company for its alleged “abusive behavior”.Believe it or not, I still have friends in the record label community, despite my lurid past as “The Classic Rock guy.”Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed the company's podcast acquisition plans and investment in original content in an interview with CNBC.We talk to the artists and labels innovating with their output.Lisbon-based producer’s new Nosso album is due out on Friday.PreviousNext