Retailers surveyed on online holiday spend
Following mixed sales projections for the holiday shopping season, retailers aren’t planning to significantly adjust spend compared to last year. A recent BDO USA...
Online sports is big business
The month of September featured the return of professional football and the buildup toward the Major League Baseball playoff season, and according to Nielsen, one beneficiary was the online sports industry, providing news and fantasy destinations for millions of users.
Google opening showrooms for new products (video)
Google is opening temporary showrooms, “Winter Wonderlabs,” in six US. cities, promoting its latest products and stepping up its game against Apple and Microsoft...
Yahoo! to encrypt users’ emails, data
The vow was announced 11/18 by Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer after a Washington Post report that the NSA has been hacking into communications lines...
Macy’s, CCME partner for “mstyleradio”
On 11/15 Macy's and Clear Channel launched the new iHeartRadio digital radio station that captures “the spirit of this fusion of culture for a...
iHeartRadio hits 40m registered users; gets SVP
CCME’s digital radio service has surpassed 40 million registered users and 260 million downloads. These numbers don’t include the millions who listen to the...
RadioSearchEngine.com debuts
Michael Robertson, founder and CEO of MP3tunes, is unveiling a beta version of RadioSearchEngine.com—what he says is the world's first radio search engine. “There...
Pandora debuts Android tablet app
It’s a newly-released version of the company’s app designed specifically for Android tablets. Pandora 5.0 for Android tablets mirrors the design and feature parity...
StreamGuys powers in-store audio for Custom Channels
Internet music service Custom Channels is helping retail businesses like Whole Foods Markets transform
OneGo launching deal shopping app for radio
LA-based digital technology company OneGo, Inc. will launch a deal mobile app specifically for local radio stations and their advertisers on 2/10/14
iHeartRadio adds ReachMD Radio
Medical broadcasts from ReachMD radio are now available on iHeartRadio, expanding the distribution of 24/7 programming designed for healthcare pros through clinical expert interviews,...
Slacker adds six Univision Radio stations
Five of the stations will be live streams of terrestrial Univision stations, including some of the biggest radio brands in the nation. A sixth...
Dan Patrick partners with PodcastOne
PodcastOne, a division of Norm Pattiz’s Courtside Entertainment Group, provides on-demand programing. Patrick’s podcast is now available on demand via PodcastOne and is exclusively...
CBS Radio makes it easy to purchase streaming ads
It’s a new online platform for small business buy streaming radio ads: “Audio AdCenter” is billed as a
Twitter valuation estimated at $20 billion, post-IPO
Twitter's IPO documents suggest a valuation of $12.8 billion for the social media service, underscoring the seven-year rise of the still-unprofitable company that has...