LG Smart TVs now offer Apple Music
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LG Smart TVs now offer Apple Music

LG Smart TVs now offer Apple Music giving subscribers access to over 90 million songs, thousands of curated playlists, music videos and live artist-hosted radio from their TV. Now available in the LG Content Store for LG Smart TVs running webOS 4.0 and higher, the Apple Music app provides subscribers with access to over 90 million songs ad-free, over 30,000 expertly-curated playlists, music videos in 4K and Apple Music Radio live streaming today’s hits, classics, […]

36% of Black Americans are monthly podcast listeners
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36% of Black Americans are monthly podcast listeners

36% of Black Americans are monthly podcast listeners and 59% said they would listen to more podcasts if they had black hosts. These findings are part of The Black Podcast Listener Report 2021 from Edison Research in partnership with  SXM Media and Mindshare based on a survey of over 2,500 Black Americans age 18+. Key findings from the report 36% of Black Americans now listen to podcasts monthly, which is equal to 12 million Black adults listening to podcasts […]

TIDAL launches a free music tier
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TIDAL launches a free music tier

TIDAL launches a free music tier which will only be available in the US together with two enhanced HiFi tiers. TIDAL now offers three membership options – TIDAL Free (US-only), TIDAL HiFi, and TIDAL HiFi Plus. Both HiFi tiers are available in all of TIDAL’s 61 international markets with plans to extend the free tier to other markets in the future. All tiers have access to the same catalogue of over 80 million songs, videos and […]

Qobuz offers virtual gift cards this holiday season
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Qobuz offers virtual gift cards this holiday season

Qobuz offers virtual gift cards this holiday season – the perfect present for music enthusiasts to benefit from Qobuz’s catalogue of more than 70 million titles across all genres of music. In addition, Qobuz is offering a selection of new Christmas playlists to celebrate the festive period. Qobuz is offering a wide choice of 3-month, 6-month or 1-year streaming gift cards from £38.97, or download gift cards from £15.00 for those who wish to buy and […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2021
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Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2021

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2021 chart according to the Podcast Consumer Tracker has been published by Edison Research. The Podcast Consumer Tracker is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks. The Edison Research Top 50 Most Listened to US Podcasts from Q4 2020 – Q3 2021 list is derived from data collected continuously throughout 2020 and 2021 from surveying weekly podcast consumers […]

HiRes on Amazon Music comes to LS50 Wireless II
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HiRes on Amazon Music comes to LS50 Wireless II

HiRes on Amazon Music comes to LS50 Wireless II supporting Amazon HD (CD Quality) and Ultra HD (HiRes) streams. KEF has been a pioneer in the development of acoustic technology for 60 years and the LS50 Wireless II benefits from KEF’s key developments such as Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT and 12th generation Uni-Q driver array. With the W2 platform, LS50 Wireless II also boasts comprehensive connectivity and supports streaming from all the major music services in addition to Amazon […]

Young, multicultural listeners in US drive spoken word consumption
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Young, multicultural listeners in US drive spoken word consumption

Young, multicultural listeners in US drive spoken word consumption with mobile listening and podcasts adding to increases. These findings are part of the 2021 Spoken Word Audio Report from  NPR and Edison Research based on based on 1000 online interviews of a representative sample of 18+ US spoken word consumers and 4000+ Share of Ear respondents aged 13+. Additionally, in-person interviews were conducted with individuals who had listened to spoken word audio in the last month. The […]