Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music
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Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music

Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music with 37% of UK Classical music fans on Deezer under 35 years old and global streams from this age group rising by 17% in the last year. This is according to a joint report The Classical Revival in 2020 from the BPI, Deezer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) using official streaming data and market research. Research showed that 18-25 year olds accounted for a third (34%) […]

New Deezer analytics app for Podcasters
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New Deezer analytics app for Podcasters

New Deezer analytics app for Podcasters has been rolled out to give podcasters an instant overview of their podcast’s performance. Analytics by Deezer is available on both iOS and Android and provides easy-to-read charts and stats on your show’s audience and success, helping to shape your content strategy. The app contains two dedicated tabs which help you to discover more about your podcast: Analytics: find out the number of streams, unique listeners, fans and shares of your podcast, […]

Apple announces Apple Music Radio
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Apple announces Apple Music Radio

Apple announces Apple Music Radio renaming Beats 1 to Apple Music 1 and adding two channels, Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country. The new live radio channels are available in 165 countries and feature exclusive original shows from the world’s top music hosts and artists. Beats 1, the flagship global radio station, will be renamed Apple Music 1, and two additional radio stations will launch: Apple Music Hits, celebrating everyone’s favourite songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, […]

Spotify produces ‘behind the scenes’ podcasts
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Spotify produces ‘behind the scenes’ podcasts

Spotify produces ‘behind the scenes’ podcasts with the first three episodes of ‘Spotify: For the Record’ available to listen now. This new series features interviews with Spotify employees and industry experts who discuss cultural events, listening trends, the tech behind Spotify’s platform. The three episodes are: Artists & Creativity During COVID-19 During the COVID-19 pandemic, artists, producers, and venue owners are looking for and finding creative solutions to stay connected with fans. Katy Perry gives us a […]

Spotify creates track IDs for DJ playlists
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Spotify creates track IDs for DJ playlists

Spotify creates track IDs for DJ playlists co-curated between Spotify’s editorial team and DJs to provide the track IDs for their sets. Spotify has also created a new suite of playlists, all with track IDs which will take the guesswork out of identifying the tracks in dance and electronic music sets. Each playlist will also include original tracks from the DJ. In addition to allowing DJs to connect with fans in an entirely new way, […]

The Joe Rogan Experience is No 1 podcast in US
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The Joe Rogan Experience is No 1 podcast in US

The Joe Rogan Experience is No 1 podcast in US according to a recent survey by Edison Research. The Podcast Consumer Tracker (PCT) Q2 2020 Top 30 is based on 8,080 online interviews with a nationally representative sample of weekly podcast consumers in the US, aged 18 and older. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish between 24th June and 7th July 2020. The PCT is a comprehensive study of the reach of podcast networks and […]

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Coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services

The coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services according a guide from the Entertainment Retailers’ Association (ERA) about how the UK entertained itself in the first half of 2020. The data comes from ERA’s tracking study which has measured the entertainment choices of a representative panel of up to 2,000 consumers each quarter for the past seven years. The latest 28th wave of the research commenced on 25th May 2020, […]