In honor of May’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), SiriusXM, Pandora and Stitcher will feature a range of programming across music, entertainment, politics and sports that celebrates the rich AAPI culture, traditions and history, while spotlighting leaders and change-makers within the community. SiriusXM’s 88rising Radio (ch.305), the first all-Asian, multi-genre music radio…
‘Stand for Sonic Diversity’ Pledge Aims for BIPOC Talent to Make Up 50% of Ad Voices
With support from SiriusXM, Pandora and Stitcher, Studio Resonate confronts the 'sonic color line'
AdWeek
Shannon Miller
“The sonic color line” is a phrase coined in a 2016 book of the same title, in which Binghamton University professor Jennifer Lynn Stoever examines how race shapes the audio we consume each day, from our favorite streaming shows to the advertising that airs between songs. She described a hierarchal divide created by industry standards…
SLAM Radio, the nation’s first student-run Sirius XM station, is in Little Havana
Miami Herald
Michelle Kaufman
Nestled in the heart of Little Havana, just a few blocks from Marlins Park, is one of the most unique radio stations in America. SLAM Radio is the first and only satellite radio station in the nation run by high school students. Broadcasting on Sirius XM-Channel 145, SLAM is on air 24 hours a day,…
‘It’s Up to You’: Ad campaign to encourage coronavirus vaccination gets underway
Pandora joins campaign, overseen by the Ad Council, billed as one of the largest public education efforts in U.S. history
For tens of millions of Americans still unsure about taking coronavirus vaccine shots, advertising industry experts and government scientists have a new message: “It’s Up to You.” That message and accompanying ad campaign — shaped by months of consumer research and backed by more than $50 million in donated funds — is to be unveiled…
Mechanical Licensing Collective’s $424.4 Million Unmatched Royalty Collection Highlights Music Modernization Act’s Limited Liability Compromise
IP Watchdog
Steve Brachmann
On February 16, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) – a nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to administer blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download services in the United States –announced that it had received a total of $424.4 million in unmatched royalties accrued by 20 digital service providers (DSPs), including Spotify and…
SiriusXM and Pandora Celebrate Black History Month
Specialty programming across SiriusXM and Pandora to spotlight Black achievements and excellence across music, sports, and talk
SiriusXM announced new limited-engagement channels and specialty programming as a part of SiriusXM Celebrates Black History Month, beginning today, through March 1. Limited-engagement channels, saluting powerful, pioneering Black artists, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, and recognizing the sounds and artists from legendary record label, Motown, will be available throughout the month of February on the…
Fans’ Embrace of Streaming Sustained Music During a Tumultuous Year. Why, and What Does it Mean for 2021
"The full-fledged consumer embrace of streaming helped avert a total collapse of the music business," writes DiMA President & CEO Garrett Levine in Music Business Worldwide
The music business in 2020 experienced an unprecedented cacophony of events. Live music businesses tragically shuttered. A virtual performance market emerging. Yet despite it all, music lived on through streaming as it continued to be embraced by nearly every American with an Internet connection, even in the face of a global health crisis and massive…
Love Your Spotify, Apple Music Recommendations? Thank a Pandora Music Analyst
Spotify gets kudos for its AI-enhanced music-discovery features, but Pandora music analysts past and present say their two decades of work on the Music Genome Project paved the way for today's music recommendations.
PC Magazine
Tyler Hayes
Before Pandora’s personalized internet radio service launched in 2005, there was Savage Beast Technologies. From 2000 to 2004, the company focused on building out its music-recommendation technology, the Music Genome Project. Pioneered by founder Tim Westergren, the Music Genome Project had humans, in the form of skilled musicians, listening to songs to uncover and annotate…
Celebrate National Voter Registration Day with SiriusXM + Pandora
Are You #VoteReady?
With the 2020 election fast approaching, SiriusXM and Pandora are celebrating National Voter Registration Day to ensure Americans across the country are registered to vote. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to spread the word about voter registration and share resources about safe options for voting in each state. Throughout Tuesday, September…
SiriusXM Announces Leadership Update
Jim Meyer to Retire as CEO on December 31, 2020 and Become Vice Chairman of the SiriusXM Board of Directors, Jennifer C. Witz, President, Sales, Marketing and Operations, to Become CEO, Entertainment Industry Veteran Sean S. Sullivan Appointed CFO
SiriusXM today announced that Chief Executive Officer, James E. Meyer, intends to retire on December 31, 2020. Upon Mr. Meyer’s retirement, Jennifer C. Witz, President, Sales, Marketing and Operations, will become the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Gregory B. Maffei, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sirius XM Holdings Inc. stated, “On behalf of…