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Swedish audiobook market grows 14% in 2021

16/12/2021

Swedish audiobook market grows 14% in 2021 with 120,000 additional subscribing households according to Mediavision, Nordic independent analysis and consultancy firm. Storytel, the market leader, shows stable household penetration while several of its competitors have seen growth. Mediavision found that customers’ reasons for subscribing have shifted throughout the year. Previously, price was the predominant deciding factor, whereas now customers have increased the focus on differences in content offerings among the services. Going forward, this could lead […]

Pandora publishes Top Thumb Hundred 2021

15/12/2021

Pandora publishes Top Thumb Hundred 2021 with Cardi B taking the top spot for the second year running. The megastar artist took the top spot on Pandora’s Top Thumb Hundred, led by her GRAMMY-nominated #1 hit, “Up.” Last year, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” seized Pandora’s #1 most-thumbed spot. In addition to maintaining her place atop the chart for 2021, Cardi’s presence is felt elsewhere on this year’s list as a featured artist on […]

How to connect with friends on Spotify

15/12/2021

How to connect with friends on Spotify and share your music listening experience with friends, family and other fans. 1. Show your listening activity to friends The Friend Activity appears to the right of your desktop app, and you can use it to see the listening activity of those you follow on Spotify. (Those who follow you will be able to see yours.) To turn it on, head to ‘settings’ and accept ‘Share my listening […]

SuperStereo Radio Chile adds another HiRes station

15/12/2021

SuperStereo Radio Chile adds another HiRes station to its stable as easy listening station SuperStereo 4 gets an upgrade from CD Quality to 24-bit/96kHz HiRes. Erick Jegó V., CEO SuperStereo Radio Chile, said “At SuperStereo Radio Chile we are happy with the response from our listeners around the world, we are constantly receiving messages of congratulations for our work, also from friends who help us make this project that we started 3 years ago grow […]

Apple introduces the Apple Music Voice Plan

14/12/2021

Update 14/12/2021 – Apple’s iOS 15.2 release today contained the Apple Music Voice Plan plus a number of other privacy and security updates. The full release notes can be accessed here. Apple introduces the Apple Music Voice Plan, a new subscription tier for Apple Music designed around the power of Siri. The Apple Music Voice Plan offers subscribers access to Apple Music’s catalogue of 90 million songs; tens of thousands of playlists, including hundreds of brand new mood […]

Mother Earth Radio adds 2 premium HiRes channels

14/12/2021

Mother Earth Radio adds 2 premium HiRes channels and updates its ‘free to air’ HiRes listening link as part of a recent revamp of its service. The main HiRes channel has been joined by two premium channels – Klassik and Instrumental – both available as HiRes (FLAC 24-bit/96kHz) and MP3 streams. Pricing has been set at €9 per month or €17 for two months and subscribers have the option of requesting every track of the […]

Apple Music comes to Nest devices in Canada

11/12/2021

Apple Music comes to Nest devices in Canada so you can now ask Google Assistant on Google Nest and other Assistant-enabled smart speakers and displays to play your favourites on Apple Music. Apple Music subscribers can search and play songs, albums and playlists just by using their voice. You can also use your Google Assistant to play music by genre, mood or activity. To set up Apple Music on your device, first link your Apple Music […]