Finding new and innovative ways to connect creators, artists, and fans has always been a part of our DNA. That effort took on a new and critical resonance in the face of Covid-19. While the global pandemic disrupted our lives, families, and large swaths of the economy, performers and creators faced a unique challenge to…
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…
DiMA President & CEO: Critics of ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees Are Missing the Point
"The decrees are not broken," writes Garrett Levin, president and CEO of digital services trade group DiMA.
Billboard
Garrett Levin
The U.S. Department of Justice recently convened a series of workshops to review “competition in licensing in public performance rights.” For a government agency considering seismic changes to music licensing laws, it was well-intentioned and an appropriate exercise. Regrettably, however, the conversation lacked the critical perspective of numerous voices, including the music streaming services and…
SoundCloud Secures $75M Investment from Pandora Owner SiriusXM
Music Business Worldwide
Tim Ingham
SoundCloud has just announced that it has secured $75 million investment from SiriusXM – which, remember, acquired another leading music streaming platform, Pandora, last year in a $3.5bn all-stock transaction.
How SiriusXM Is Beating the Subscriber Paradox & Scoring a Better Return Than Streaming Services
Billboard
Glenn Peoples
Whether music or podcasts, on-demand listening is the greatest change to recorded music in the last decade. Yet satellite radio — launched before iTunes revolutionized how music is purchased — continues to thrive as streaming services flourish. SiriusXM’s 2019 earnings report, which dropped Tuesday, shows that the satellite radio service added 1 million subscribers and…
Revisit 1,000 of the biggest and best classic rock tracks of all time on SiriusXM
SiriusXM Blog
SiriusXM Blog
Are you ready to rock? SiriusXM is counting down 1,000 of the most colossal classic rock jams in celebration of the eras that made the genre great. Tune in for the rock countdown to end all rock countdowns (the final countdown, if you will) and rediscover classic rock’s most crucial cuts with the Classic Rock Top 1,000 on Channel…
Biggest stars in sports & entertainment converge on SiriusXM for Super Bowl Week
SiriusXM Blog
SiriusXM Blog
SiriusXM is offering an exceptional week of programming for Super Bowl LIV in Miami Beach, including multiple live broadcasts of the game in seven languages, a dedicated Super Bowl LIV pop-up channel, plus a wide-ranging mix of sports, entertainment and music programming that will connect listeners with many of today’s biggest stars.
SiriusXM Goes Hollywood With The Help Of Dave Matthews, Billie Eilish, Howard Stern And More
Forbes
Steve Baltin
SiriusXM recently set up shop in Hollywood, building studios and their own venue for intimate live shows, “The Garage,” in a Hollywood high rise. To celebrate their expansion in L.A., the satellite radio behemoth, which now carries more than 100,000,000 subscribers and listeners after their merger with streaming service Pandora, held a series of special…
Pandora’s revamped, more personailzed app rolls out for all users
TechCrunch
Sarah Perez
Pandora’s redesigned mobile app experience is today available to all users, following a limited rollout that began in October. The update expands on Pandora’s personalization capabilities with the addition of a new “For You” tab offering an entirely unique experience for each Pandora user, along with more station customization features, and other changes. Pandora hopes the features…