August 19, 2015

Automotive and Education Lead Q2 Advertiser Growth on Internet Radio

The Q2 Internet Radio Ad Load Report recorded that advertisers grew 26% over the first quarter of 2015. While the rise in the numbers of advertisers occurred broadly across industries, the automotive and education segments led the growth.
August 4, 2015
Advertiser Spotload Concentration

Internet Radio Advertiser Diversity Grows for Some Publishers

One of the headlines from the Q2 Internet Radio Ad Load Report was continued growth in the number of advertisers identified. More advertisers indicate broader interest in Internet radio as an advertising channel. However, the growth in advertiser diversity is not developing equally across publishers. Two publishers have expanded their advertising base significantly while three others have not.
July 30, 2015
Top 5 Internet Radio Advertisers Q2 2015

More Local Advertisers and Higher Ad Load on Internet Radio in Q2

XAPPmedia today released the Internet Radio Ad Load Report for Q2 2015 and the data show that both the ad load and number of advertisers rose over the previous quarter. It also shows that Taco Bell, GEICO and NAPA had the heaviest spot rotation during the quarter.
July 22, 2015
The Millennial Generation

Turns Out, Millennials Are Listening. Are They Hearing Your Brand?

Why do Millennials matter? There is a lot of talk in the United States about Millennials and most of it seems to be some sort of complaint. However, there is more to this generation than a different work style, a need for affirmation, and disinterest in owning cars or subscribing to cable television. This generation is big, commands a lot of spending power and can be found constantly on their mobile devices, including listening to streaming music.
July 16, 2015
Mobile Listening Percentage - Triton Digital

Triton Top 20 Ranker: Internet Radio Listening Grows 42%, Mobile Surpasses 75%

Yesterday, Triton released its Top 20 Ranker results of Internet radio listening for May. The story is consistent with previous entries by Triton captured by its audio measurement platform Webcast Metrics. As an industry, average active listening sessions increased 42.5% over May 2014 and most of that has come from Pandora and Spotify.
July 8, 2015
Nielsen Data - Online Music Reaches Critical Mass in 2014

Nielsen Data Confirm Listener Time Shift to Ad-Supported Online Audio

RAIN News reported last week on an EDMbiz presentation by Nielsen Vice President Tatiana Simonian showing further confirmation of the listener migration to online listening. It also confirmed that ad-supported listening is the dominant choice of consumers.
June 24, 2015

Google Play Music Introduces Ads – no surprise there

Yesterday, Google Play Music quietly announced an ad-supported, free listening tier. This complements the $9.99 monthly subscription service offered since 2013. Most of the media chatter […]
June 15, 2015
Streaming Music Consumer

Growing Your Audience by Giving Users a Sense of Control

Every audio app wants to build a large, loyal audience. Loyalty is critical because building your audience also means keeping the users you already have. Apps do this today with touch-based content interaction to skip, save, thumbs up, thumbs down, etc. This interactivity gives users this all-important sense of control, but unfortunately touch is only effective while users are looking at the app.
June 10, 2015
Spotify Subscriber Numbers

Spotify Reaches 75 Million Active Users, Subscriptions Grow

This morning, Spotify released some new numbers in terms of 75 million active users and 20 million subscribers. Just over one year ago, Spotify announced 40 million active users of which 10 million were subscribers.