Spotify launches Snapchat Sharing Lens
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Spotify launches Snapchat Sharing Lens

Spotify launches Snapchat Sharing Lens giving users an easier way to share tracks with friends. Snapchat’s augmented reality Lenses let users transform their appearances and backgrounds. When sharing tracks from Spotify to Snapchat, you can now put you and your friends in the spotlight. The new “Share Track Lens” lets you capture the world around you on camera and easily share a track you’re loving. The lens will overlay the song title, artist name, cover […]

40.3% of Americans listen to podcasts regularly
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40.3% of Americans listen to podcasts regularly

40.3% of Americans listen to podcasts regularly with a 12% growth in the number of listeners in the past 2 years according to Triton Digital. Triton Digital’s U.S. Year-End Podcast Report provides key insights into the growing US podcast landscape over the course of 2023. Key findings from the U.S. Year-End Podcast Report The number of monthly podcast listeners in the US has increased by 12% in the past 2 years. 40.3% of the US population are monthly […]

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What is the best free music streaming service?

High Resolution Audio’s guide to getting the best free streaming for your musical entertainment. What is the best free music streaming service? No one quite knows the origin of the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’ but this applies to music streaming much like most other things in life. Most of the free offerings come with some sort of restriction such as ads, reduced audio quality, limited features such as no skipping or […]

YouTube gets the most US listeners in the evening
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YouTube gets the most US listeners in the evening

YouTube gets the most US listeners in the evening whilst midday is the peak time for podcast listening according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. They show which dayparts have the most minutes of listening from each audio platform. In broadcast programming, dayparting is the practice of dividing the broadcast day into several parts, in which a different type of radio programming or television show appropriate for that time period is aired. Edison Research’s Share of Ear dataset collects listening data of US consumers […]

Qobuz is giving big discounts on HiRes downloads
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Qobuz is giving big discounts on HiRes downloads

Qobuz is giving big discounts on HiRes downloads cutting prices by up to 80% in a New Year offer which ends on 19th February. Discounts are available on thousands of albums covering all types of music ranging from Pop and Rock, through Jazz to Classical and covers big name artists and labels as well as more specialist offerings. And if that wasn’t enough to tempt you there is an extra 10% discount available on purchases […]

Spanish streaming increased 20.8% in 2023
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Spanish streaming increased 20.8% in 2023

Spanish streaming increased 20.8% in 2023 with 87 Bn streams, up from 72 Bn streams in 2023 according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. Streaming continues to account for 87% of music consumption with paid subscriptions that currently accounting for 56% of the total consumption of audio streaming. These statistics confirm the recent IFPI report published in December 2023 which found that Spaniards listen to more music throughout the day, on average, than in other neighbouring countries consuming […]

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Flashback 80 Radio

Flashback 80 Radio is a Chilean internet radio station broadcasting 70’s and 80’s music with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. There is a webplayer and a recently played listing on the website. Website: https://c23.radioboss.fm/u/129 Webplayer: https://c23.radioboss.fm/u/129 CD Quality Lossless FLAC: https://c23.radioboss.fm:8129/stream   To find out more about CD Quality Internet Radio go here. To find out more about HiRes Internet Radio go here. To get further information on: How to listen to lossless FLAC internet radio […]