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March 16, 2018
iHeartMedia Finally Files For Bankruptcy
It just goes to show the state that radio is in these days when iHeartMedia, the largest station group in the United States, needs to files for bankruptcy protection. The company formerly known as Clear Channel, which owns 858 stations as well as well as the iHeartRadio digital streaming venture, had been stymied under the […]
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December 6, 2017
Corporate Radio Takes Another Big Hit
I’ve reported on the bankruptcy status of the top corporate radio group, iHeartRadio, for some time now. It’s bad enough when the biggest station owner is in deep financial trouble, but did you know that the #2 station group now has a similar problem? Yep, Cumulus Media has filed for Chapter 11 and is around […]
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October 31, 2017
Austrian Audio Founders On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
Recently Harman International decided to close its AKG Vienna operation, which was a real shame after 70 years of being an industry leader in microphone and headphone technology (I bet you have at least 1 AKG product in your audio toolbox). Usually a closure like that means that a lot of good people and industrial […]
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September 1, 2017
Pandora And Smart Speakers Are The Surprises In The Infinite Dial Study
For 20 years Edison Research has been conducting its Infinite Dial study that measures media and technology consumption in the United States. As always, the latest edition has a number of interesting discoveries, but it also identifies the new trends that may be in front of us, yet we find difficult to see. Here are […]
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May 19, 2017
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 5/19/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on May 19th, 2017. The big news in the streaming world again this week, and once again, some of it is not good. Let’s get into it. Apple to stop exclusives. After much negative feedback from the industry, it looks like it has backed off. Jimmy Iovine thinks […]
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May 12, 2017
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 5/12/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on May 12th, 2017. There’s a lot of news in the streaming world this week, and most of it is not good. It looks like we may see some shaking out in the next year or so, but it could start within the next 30 days. Let’s […]
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May 5, 2017
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 5/5/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on May 5th, 2017. There was much less about streaming this week, and believe it or not, Spotify was barely in the news. Let’s get into it. SoundCloud is making a last ditch effort. It’s running a campaign of 3 months for $1 to try to get more paying […]
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April 28, 2017
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 4/28/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on April 28th, 2017. There was a wide variety of news stories this week, from streaming struggles to hardware development to streaming royalties to radio. Let’s get into it. Spotify has acquired the blockchain startup Mediachain Labs. The company wants to use blockchain technology to help with attributing streams […]
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March 31, 2017
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 3/31/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on March 31st, 2017. There is less news about streaming than in past weeks, but there’s still lot of very interesting items nonetheless. Let’s get into it. New music is cool, but it’s old music that sells. The weekly Top 50 is only worth less than 4% of the total […]
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January 20, 2017
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 1/20/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of January 20th, 2017. We’re back in the swing of things as everyone hits the ground running in the new year. Here are some of the news highlights for the week. There’s speculation that Sony Japan is tiring of the entertainment business and might now want to sell […]
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December 2, 2016
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 12/2/16
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of December 2nd, 2016. We’re still in Holiday Hangover so news is light again this week. The fact of the matter is that activity drops off substantially from Thanksgiving through about the 2nd week of January. There is some news to report though, so let’s get into […]
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September 30, 2016
Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 9/30/16
Here’s the music industry news roundup from the week of Sept 30th, 2016. There’s a wide range of topics this week that run the gamut from album sales to social networks to acquisitions to bankruptcy, so let’s get to it. Adele gets her second Diamond album in the US. Her album 25 just went past the 10 […]
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September 23, 2016
Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 9/23/16
Here’s the music industry news roundup from the week of Sept 23rd, 2016. Streaming in the news again, but what else is new. It at the heart of the music industry’s evolution right now Don’t be surprised to see cheaper pricing tiers at all of the services, not that the barriers have been broken. Universal and Sony […]
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August 5, 2016
iHeartRadio Needs $6 Billion To Pay Back Loans
The largest radio station ownership group is in big financial trouble. iHeartRadio, which owns over 850 terrestrial radio stations, is struggling as it’s projected to lose more than $80 million this year and has threatened bankruptcy. That has spooked the investors that loaned the company more than $6 billion, and now they want their money. Actually, […]
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May 6, 2016
Virtual Reality Concerts To Begin This Summer
I’m a big proponent of virtual reality, especially when the audio is done well, and many have predicted that the technology will eventually be a boon to concerts. We’re going to see soon enough as virtual reality concerts will actually begin to roll out this summer. NextVR, which has been a leader in VR broadcasting […]
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