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SiriusXM today announced its first step in a major commitment to delivering world-class content to the Pandora audience. SiriusXM is creating a dedicated Content Team focused on applying SiriusXM’s critically-acclaimed and proven model of curation and exclusive programming to the Pandora platform.
Wendy’s executives are on a mission to elevate the consumer experience of the brand. That’s why, last fall, it teamed up with Pandora to create personalized playlists for its restaurants based off consumer data.
The Digital Media Association (DiMA) trade group that was an integral music industry ally to get the Music Modernization Act passed into law last year has tapped Garrett Levinas its new CEO. For the last 26 months, Levin has served as senior vice president/deputy general counsel for intellectual property law and policy at the National… Read More about Garrett Levin Joins Digital Media Association as CEO
Revenue from music-streaming platforms now accounts for three-quarters of the music industry’s top line, as subscriptions to services including Spotify Technology SA, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and others in the U.S. grew 42% in 2018 to top 50 million for the first time.
Fueled by tremendous creative output by groundbreaking artists and now more than 50 million paid subscriptions, the U.S. music industry experienced its third year of consecutive growth in 2018 with retail revenues up 12% to $9.8 billion. Streaming now comprises 75% of total industry revenues. Vinyl continues to be a bright spot for the physical… Read More about RIAA 2018 Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report
Music streamer Pandora launched “Pandora Stories” on Tuesday morning, as a way to bring artists closer to their fans through storytelling and music. The feature kick-off with top talent including Daddy Yankee, John Legend, Perry Farrell, Lauren Alaina, Wes Anderson’s music supervisor Randall Poster and Amy Winehouse collaborator and Dap-Kings guitarist Tommy Brenneck, telling stories… Read More about Pandora Brings Artists Like Daddy Yankee and John Legend Closer To Fans With ‘Stories’
The new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is sending a clear signal to the Dept. of Justice not to throw the music marketplace into chaos with proposed changes to the consent decrees governing ASCAP and BMI. Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, who heads the Antitrust Division, has backed a “smooth transition” toward a “market-based”… Read More about Graham Warns DOJ Not To ‘Disrupt’ Music Market With ASCAP-BMI Changes
This is Internet Association’s second IA Industry Indicators (3I) quarterly report, which tracks new and unique data on the internet industry. In this issue, we focus on the American public’s sentiment toward the internet and provide updates to our standard data tables. The most striking finding this quarter was the consistent rise every quarter of public sentiment… Read More about IA Industry Indicators – Q1 2019
Pandora’s musical curation is a big reason the site still stands out among competition from Spotify, Google, Apple, and YouTube. Professional music analysts listen to tracks and identify common elements, building the Music Genome Project that powers Pandora’s customized user stations. As a Senior Music Analyst, Hannah Glass is deciding what you listen to next. We talked… Read More about I’m Pandora Music Analyst Hannah Glass, and This Is How I Work
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Pandora Media, Inc. With the transaction complete, SiriusXM is the world’s largest audio entertainment company with strong, long-term growth opportunities.