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SiriusXM to rollout new streaming app

12/11/2023

SiriusXM is to rollout a new streaming app which will be available to users in the US from the 14th December 2023. Following on the heels of a rebrand the new app will offer listeners a ‘more personalized, easy-to-use, lean-back streaming experience that puts discovery at the forefront’. The price for this ‘Streaming All Access Plan’ will be $9.99/month and is aimed at attracting new listeners. Key features of the new SiriusXM app Always-On Personalization […]

Apple Music Voice Plan to be axed

11/11/2023

Apple Music Voice Plan is to be axed with the close down starting in November 2023 when Apple will be turning off auto-renew for existing Voice subscribers. If you’re a current Voice subscriber, you can continue on your plan for the duration of your final billing cycle. Or you can switch to another Apple Music plan: Individual, Student, or Family, as well as Apple One – which includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, and more. Current […]

Deezer rebrands and updates its apps

10/11/2023

Deezer rebrands and updates its apps with a new logo and user experience inviting its users to ‘Live the music’. In a recent announcement the streamer said it was, ‘…reinventing itself as an experience services platform, with expression and connection as guiding principles to help artists, fans and partners to be and belong through music. To highlight the transformation and recharge people’s emotional connection to the brand, Deezer is refreshing its visual identity.’ Jeronimo Folgueira, […]

Spotify Premium users in US get Audiobook access

09/11/2023

Spotify Premium users in US are to get Audiobook access for up to 15 hours per month as part of their subscription plan. They now join those in the UK and Australia who received this upgrade in October 2023. At launch there were 150,000 audiobooks available in this plan upgrade but this has now been increased to over 200.000. Fifteen hours should get you around two average audiobooks per month, but if you do hit the limit, […]

Americans continue to listen to radio

01/11/2023

Americans continue to listen to radio for 37% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. […]

Radio Calico

31/10/2023

Radio Calico is a rock/pop genre internet radio station in the US broadcasting a HiRes 24-bit/48kHz lossless FLAC stream. Previously geolocked to the US, the station removed its geoblocking and went global in October 2023. Their website has a webplayer, a 192kbps MP3 stream and links to iOS and Android mobile apps. There are also links to radio aggregators TuneIn, raddio and RadioGuide.FM and social media. Roon users are also catered for with a dedicated […]

Spotify’s Gen Z users streamed 560 Bn songs in first half of 2023

23/10/2023

Spotify’s Gen Z users streamed 560 Bn songs in first half of 2023 according to Spotify’s annual Gen Z trend report – Culture Next Volume 05. The report based on an international survey of Gen Z (15-24) Spotify users as well as their Millennial (25-40) counterparts in June 2023. In the first half of 2023, Gen Z listened to over 560 Bn songs and more than 3 Bn podcast episodes — a 76% increase over […]