March 9, 2015
Mobile Marketer Magazine Features XAPPmedia

Mobile Marketer: “[Internet radio] advertisers mistakenly focus on graphics and touch engagement”

Last week, Mobile Marketer published an article about the current state of Internet radio advertising. Michael Barris calls out advertisers and marketers for missing some of the key dynamics involved in the audio experience. He applauds innovators such as NPR for use of tactics that are more conducive to the consumer experience, such as XAPPmedia technology.
February 23, 2015
Paying Subscribers as % of Total Mobile Music Users

Internet Radio’s Ad-Supported Present and Future

This past fall there were a lot of comments in the media about Internet radio’s two preeminent revenue models: subscription and ad-supported. Recent data from Strategy Analytics and reported by RAIN News suggests that advertising is the present and future of Internet radio listenership.
February 19, 2015

Download the Internet Radio Ad Load Report

Advertising is quickly becoming the primary economic engine for Internet radio and music streaming services. However, there is very little data available on how the industry is implementing its ad serving strategies. To fill this gap, XAPPmedia collected data between November 2014 and January 2015 to shed light on Internet radio ad serving practices over the winter holiday shopping season.
February 12, 2015

Artists Should Blame Record Labels, Not Music Streaming

Given Ms. Swift’s very public disagreement about royalties and other articles about small checks that some artists receive, many are left with the impression that music streaming services are unfairly benefiting from musicians’ work. Industry data emerged last week suggesting record labels are the real beneficiaries.
February 9, 2015
XAPPmedia article featured in WIRED Magazine

WIRED Magazine – Big Winners of 2014: Taylor Swift and Spotify

Written by XAPPmedia CMO Bret Kinsella and published on WIRED Magazine's Innovation Insights blog.
January 26, 2015
Internet Radio Ad Revenue Chart

New Survey: Advertisers to Accelerate Internet Radio Spend

A recent survey by financial analysts at OTR Global presents a positive outlook for advertising on Internet radio and Pandora in particular. These findings align with other predictions for Internet radio advertising in 2015.
December 31, 2014

Top 3 Industry Blogs You Shouldn’t Have Missed in 2014

It's been a big year for radio (this includes Internet Radio), so we decided to provide you with three articles you shouldn't have missed this year.
December 9, 2014

New York Times Misled by Recording Industry on Internet Radio

The New York Times is not exactly known as the protector of big business. However, its recent article and accompanying videos on Internet radio takes the recording industry narrative as fact when in reality it’s a self-serving fiction. The article title tells it all: Grappling with a ‘Culture of Free’ in Napster’s Aftermath. There are only two revenue-free sources of music today: piracy and broadcast radio. Neither of these music distribution channels is addressed.
October 22, 2014

Experience XAPP on Your Phone Today

Many people have asked us whether they could get a demo app to better understand the user experience and show colleagues what the XAPP Ad format enables. Previously, we only made this available to integration partners, but now anyone can download the XAPP Ad demo app for their iPhone.