The Spotify Paradox: More Powerful, Impossible to Leave
Sylvan Esso’s reluctant return and Taylor Swift’s full embrace of its video tools expose the uncomfortable truth that the platform is becoming monolithic.
SuperAwesome Expands to Leading Global Music Streaming Platforms, Connecting Brands with Gen Alpha and Gen Z Fandoms
SuperAwesome, the leader in technology for safely engaging Gen Alpha and Gen Z, today announces the expansion of Awesome Audio to music streaming – giving advertisers a new way to reach young audiences through the music that fuels their fandoms and soundtracks their daily lives.
GRAI Acquires Social Streaming App Hangout, Says Its Own Platform ‘Is Launching Soon’
As it prepares to launch its core product, AI-powered music platform GRAI has acquired social streaming app Hangout.
Snapchat has a new GenAI-powered ‘Chat to Song’ feature
Earlier this year, we wrote about the ‘text-to-song’ craze on TikTok, where people were feeding their message-threads into Suno to generate songs – some of which went viral.
FCC Puts Five More Property Owners On Notice Over Pirate Radio.
The FCC is widening its pirate radio crackdown, putting five more property owners on notice over illegal broadcasts in New York, Ohio and Florida. Agents tracked unlicensed FM signals to buildings in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Mount Vernon, Cleveland and Lake Worth, FL with owners potentially facing fines topping $2.45 million.
Apple Music Opens a London Venue Built to Turn Concerts Into Content
The new 600-cap London venue allows artists to stage an intimate concert as well as a Spatial Audio recording, broadcast mix, and multicamera video.
Study Finds Cross-Channel Campaign Lifts Awareness, Intent
A Nielsen study conducted with Katz Digital finds that combining digital audio and connected TV advertising can significantly increase brand recall and shift consumer awareness, sentiment and intent in issue advertising.
How Spotify Is Helping More Creators Around the World Build Their Businesses
As the Spotify Partner Program expands, we asked podcasters from Mexico, Brazil, Spain, and Italy to share the stories behind their shows.
Marketers Are Misreading What Gen Z Listens To On Radio.
New iHeartMedia research finds country, not hip-hop/R&B, leads listening among ages 12-24, while contemporary Christian surprised marketers with a 6% share.
Feed.fm, care.coach Bring Personalized Music to 24/7 Senior Care Platform
Powered by Feed.fm’s Branded Music Service, the experience brings licensed, curated music directly into the care.coach platform, with stations personalized around participant preferences.
Lunacy Audio launches new AI-powered plugin sharing platform, NOVA
The browser-based platform is totally free, with the option of upgrading to different premium tiers to access more tools.
Oldest recorded voices, haunted dolls, and more from Tempest Instruments
New sound technologies? Sure, okay, I guess. But haunted dolls of the 1890s as made by Thomas Edison? Oh, now you’ve got my attention.
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