Spotify Goes Hi-Fi; Pandora-SiriusXM Deal Getting Closer?
Spotify is preparing to launch a Hi-Fi music tier — www.theverge.com
Spotify is preparing to launch a lossless audio version of its streaming service, according to multiple sources. The offering, which is currently called Spotify Hi-Fi, will offer lossless CD-quality audio to users — similar to what Tidal offers in its Hi-Fi service.
Pandora Media Shares Jump After Liberty CEO Seems To Warm To A Deal — deadline.com
Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei seemed to change his tune slightly today when it comes to a possible deal with SiriusXM buying Pandora Media.
Spotify, Other Music-Streaming Sites Have Figured Out How To Get People To Pay For Online Content — qz.com
Conventional wisdom holds that the internet is the land of the free: free music, free news, free podcasts and apps. But we may finally be entering an age when internet users are willing to pony up for the entertainment and services they enjoy.
Privacy Laws and Listener Data in the Music Industry — www.corpcounsel.com
Listener preference data is a valuable resource in the music industry. It can drive the way music is commoditized, consumed and promoted.
Radio Battles Streaming, Clever Speakers & Driverless Cars: Notes From CRS 2017 | Billboard — www.billboard.com
Garth Brooks, Toby Keith keynote Country Radio Seminar, where legacy medium battles digital, streaming competitors
Why live podcasts are becoming a big deal this year — digiday.com
Podcasters like to argue that theirs is the most intimate medium. But to grow their businesses, more and more of them are getting into live events, with producers big and small either growing or launching events operations.
Grace Digital launches Mondo+ Internet Radio with Chromecast Audio support — techaeris.com
The Grace Digital Mondo+ is an internet radio that not only has Chromecast Audio support, but will handle your music in nearly any way you can dish it out.
CBC Radio stations to feature on new Radioplayer Canada app — www.cbc.ca
CBC/Radio-Canada is joining almost two dozen Canadian private radio broadcasters and campus and community stations as part of a new free streaming radio app, launched Wednesday.
Is Radio’s Brave New World Taking Shape? — www.nielsen.com
Seasons change, habits ebb and flow, and the landscape of consumer choice is constantly shifting. Such is the case on the radio airwaves as we crack the book open on another year of listener preference and review the release of Nielsen’s January portable people meter ratings.
Star lawyer Petra Hansson quits Spotify after 10 years — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
One of Spotify’s longest-serving executives, Petra Hansson, has quit the company. One of the most senior legal figures at Spotify worldwide, Hansson has worked at the business’s Stockholm HQ for a decade.
Prominent Nashville music startup Dart files for bankruptcy — www.tennessean.com
Dart Music, one of Nashville’s most promising music technology companies in recent years, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
Apple taps students with music service as it looks to grow India market — www.business-standard.com
Apple has launched a public campaign to promote its Apple Music subscription service.