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Nov 11, 2015

iHeartMedia Launches iHeartRadio Family App Targeting Kids

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iHeartMedia is expanding its brand to reach an underserved audience segment — kids. Today, the radio conglomerate launched iHeartRadio Family, a stand-alone iOS and Android app that features a variety of stations…

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Oct 12, 2015

NFL Brings Real-Time Broadcasts To Internet Radio TuneIn

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The NFL has become the latest sports league to broadcast their content via Internet-based audio services. On Sunday, the NFL announced a partnership with TuneIn, which will carry daily coverage of NFL games through its…

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Jul 27, 2015

Pandora Now Lets Brands Sponsor Hour-Long Listening

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Pandora has officially rolled out to all advertisers its “Sponsored Listening,” which it first started testing last fall. The new ad format prompts listeners to watch a branded video or click on a rich media ad in exchange for…

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Jun 24, 2015

Music Streaming War Heats Up As Google Music Launches Ad-Supported Free-Tier

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Merely one day after the music industry was consumed by the brilliant co-promotional spectacle orchestrated by Taylor Swift and Apple Music…

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Apr 24, 2015

Radio Killed The Podcast Star

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At its first ever “Soundfront”, iHeartMedia pitched a dozen original podcast programs to radio ad buyers, citing the recent breakout hit podcast “Serial” as evidence of the format’s rising prominence. The 12 podcasts…

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Sep 17, 2014

On Trend: Car Radio Going Digital

Earlier this week, Clear Channel, the media company that owns most of America’s big broadcast radio stations, changed its name to iHeartMedia, after its fast-growing digital-radio platform iHeartRadio. This rebranding effort puts Internet-based radio front and center…

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Mar 28, 2014

Last.fm Pivots Away From Subscriptions

Last.fm announced that it will be ending its subscription based music service, so as to put more attention on music discovery and tracking personal listening. Last.fm was one of the pioneering music streaming services, followed by companies like Pandora…

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Jan 15, 2014

Pandora Brings Personalized Stations To Mobile

Pandora is introducing a new, personalized station feature for iOS and Android in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. So for the 76.2 million people who listened to 1.58 billion hours of music last month, the news should come as surprising and…

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Sep 18, 2013

iTunes Radio Now Available

Though iOS 7 is the big story of the day, iTunes Radio is out now in the latest iTunes update. It’s a Pandora-like feature that allows users to create custom radio stations based on their personal musical libraries. It’s supported by ads at the moment, so users will have to part…

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Apr 11, 2013

Pandora Announces 200 Million Users

Pandora announced that on Tuesday it passed 200 million registered users for its online radio service. Although it took the company six years to sign its first 100 million users, from July 2005 to July 20011, it took a little less than two years thereafter to double…