Pandora tops in music app revenue in 2013
App Annie, a company that tracks data for the app industry, released a report for 2013 which says revenues generated by music-based apps went up 77% over 2012. The iOS App Store and Google Play generated nearly $200 million from music-based apps in 2013.
Revolt TV chooses (n+1) designstudio for social media
(n+1) designstudio, a creative services firm providing motion graphic design and conceptual branding solutions for
jacapps launches mobile games for radio
jācapps, developer of mobile apps for radio, announced it would begin offering mobile game apps to radio stations
“Dave & Chuck The Freak” launch smartphone game
Greater Media’s 101 WRIF Detroit’s top rated morning show has yet another way for their listeners to connect—“Dave & Chuck The Freak’s Kick Ass...
Townsquare, Just Jared strike content deal
Townsquare Media Group and Just Jared Inc. have entered into an exclusive partnership. Just Jared (JustJared.com), will partner with
Rdio goes free on the web
As of 1/16, Cumulus-invested Rdio is now free in the US on the web, says an Rdio blog. The move follows an announcement last...
Pandora launches station recommendations on iOS, Android
Pandora announced the launch of personalized station recommendations in the Pandora mobile app
dotFM releases rankers of Top .FM sites, brands
San Francisco-based BRS Media announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2013,...
IAB: Car shoppers depend on digital advertising
34 million Americans are planning to purchase a vehicle in the next six months and a new report, “Digital Influence on Auto Intenders,” from...
AOL sells Winamp, Shoutcast to Radionomy
Radionomy, the Brussels-based an international aggregator of consumer- and broadcaster-curated online radio stations, just merged with TargetSpot
Rdio shuts down Vdio
Less than a year after launch, Rdio (in which Cumulus has a major investment state) is shutting down Vdio, a video service that sold and rented streaming movies and TV shows.
Online shopping week fell short
comScore reported holiday season U.S. retail e-commerce spending from desktop computers for the first 52 days of the November-December 2013 holiday season, showing that...
SoundHound launches iTunes Radio integration
SoundHound, which offers fast music recognition, the exclusive ability to identify a tune sung or hummed
Hulu: revenues reached $1B this year
This, according to a blog post from CEO Mike Hopkins--and that's up from $695 million last year. Hulu Plus has more than 5M subscribers, up from 3M last year. It receives programming from more than 488 content partners, providing over 86,000 TV episodes, 2,900 TV series, and 68,000 hours of video on Hulu and Hulu Plus. Viewers streamed more than 1 billion videos in each quarter. It’s no wonder its owners Disney, Fox and Comcast decided against selling the service in July.
RadioIO signs with Triton Digital
Multi-format internet radio streamer RadioIO has upgraded its delivery quality and scalability to serve its rapidly expanding internet radio biz by delivering its streams...