Likely in response to Spotify’s personalized playlists, such as the New Release Radar and Discover Weekly, Pandora has introduced what it calls “The Drop”. “The Drop” is a custom playlist intended for Pandora’s premi…
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Pandora’s Voice-Activated Streams Have Jumped 50% In 2018
Spotify is projected to surpass Pandora’s monthly active users by 2022. But one area Pandora has the Swedish company beat is voice integration with digital assistants. Pandora just announced that its Pandora Premium subscription service now feat…
Early Musical.ly Investor Leads $17 Million Funding Round for Spoon Radio
Can Spoon Radio become the next Musical.ly for internet radio? Goodwater Capital has made a major move in the South Asian app market. The American venture capital firm has teamed up with Softbank Ventures, a Seoul-based venture capital firm, and KB Inv…
Pandora Reaches 6 Million Paying Subscribers — and Substantially Lower Losses
The house that Tim Westergren built has reached a once-unthinkable paid subscriber milestone. Pandora and paying subscribers were once an oil-and-water combination. Now, that’s starting to change. Earlier today, Pandora revealed their Q2 2018 ea…
SoundExchange First-Half Payouts Increase 17.4% to $399 Million
Despite significant pullouts from Pandora, SoundExchange is steadily increasing its royalty payouts to recording artists and rights owners. SoundExchange has just announced its Q2 2018 results, and the results are up. The company revealed more than $2…
Is the ‘Tip Jar’ Idea Finally Dead? Radical.fm Shuts Down
Radical.FM officially shut down its services on June 30th. The idea was fairly unique, and actually garnered some acclaim over years. In its relatively brief lifespan, Radical.fm allowed anyone to play online DJ with little effort. That included the …
Pandora Is the Official Music Streaming Partner for Snapchat’s Brand-New Developer Kit
Sharing new music with your friends and family is becoming easier and easier, especially with Pandora’s new integration with Snapchat. Snapchat recently added an integration with SeatGeek for users to purchase tickets to music, sporting, and fash…
Can Family Subscriptions Really Save Pandora?
With the launch of Premium Family, has Pandora CEO Roger Lynch merely repeated the mistakes that led to Tim Westergren’s ouster? Pandora Radio has quietly rolled out its new Premium Family plan for $14.99 a month. The plan allows six different Pa…
Digital Audio Advertising Surged 39% In 2017 — a $500 Million Increase
For years, digital audio advertising has been an underperforming mess. Looks like that’s changing fast. Digital audio advertising has been a bastard stepchild for years. Except now the sector is actually exploding. Last year, th…
iHeartMedia Still Owes Artists $16.4 Million. Now, It Wants to Pay Itself $108 Million in Bonuses
iHeartMedia has proven that filing for bankruptcy can lead to a very solid payday. Well, not for the artists, labels, and PROs it owes. Last March, underscoring Digital Music News’ theory a year earlier, iHeartMedia filed for bankruptcy. Ju…