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Pandora for Podcasters blog announcement

Submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal

27/08/2019

Creators can now sub submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal using Pandora’s new self-service hub in a recent blog posting. The launch of this dedicated hub for podcasters comes hot on the heels of Spotify’s launch of its Spotify for Podcasters platform. Podcasts on Pandora was launched in December 2018 with hundreds of shows and over 100,000 episodes, and in just months has grown to thousands of shows and over 500,000 episodes spanning Daily […]

Deezer rolls out Dark Mode to iOS and desktop app

26/08/2019

Deezer rolls out Dark Mode to iOS and desktop app joining the Android version launched in July 2019. According to the streamer, Dark Mode is the most sought-after feature from its users and the new feature gives users the freedom to switch from their normal light music player to a dark grey background. The claimed benefits are reduced eye strain and improved readability in low light conditions. Dark mode setting can be turned on or […]

Apple launches Apple Music for Artists

23/08/2019

Apple launches Apple Music for Artists, a portal for artists and creators which provides ‘Everything you need to understand your music’s impact across Apple Music and iTunes’. Apple Music for Artists joins other streaming services such as Spotify (Spotify for Artists) and SoundCloud (SoundCloud Creators) providing a dedicated portal for its artists and creators Apple Music for Artists features Keep tabs on how your music is performing View a quick snapshot of your music’s overall […]

2019 State of Music Streaming report

22/08/2019

Primephonic have published the 2019 State of Music Streaming report which is an online study into the streaming experiences of users. Conducted by YouGov and sponsored by the classical music streamer they have published a summary of their findings in a recent blog posting. The survey asked US adults who had streamed music in the past six months about their experiences and found that 60% of music streamers were frustrated by their streaming experience. The […]

Deezer updates ‘Queue List’ feature

20/08/2019

Deezer updates ‘Queue List’ feature which syncs your tracks across multiple devices no matter how often you switch. Premium users listening to a track on mobile, tablet or desktop can change devices and listen to the same track without having to look for it. Each user’s queue list is now stored in the cloud, making it effortless to switch between mobile, web, desktop, smart watches (Apple Watch and Android Watch), In Car (Carplay and Android […]

Spotify for Podcasters platform launched

19/08/2019

Spotify has launched its Spotify for Podcasters platform which at its heart is a discovery and analytics dashboard. The new platform which has come out of beta is built to empower the podcasting community allowing it to continue innovating and sharing their work with the world. On the platform a user can both submit a show to Spotify and dive deep into engagement and demographic data for their podcast, tracking things like average listening times, […]

Apple renames ‘Mastered for iTunes’

18/08/2019

Apple renames ‘Mastered for iTunes’ calling it ‘Apple Digital Masters’ and grouping all tracks that have been encoded in one place. Mastered for iTunes was launched in 2012 and is a set of tools and guidelines that encouraged record producers to use studio quality 24-bit 96 kHz originals to produce the 256 kbps AAC files that iTunes streams. Despite many press reports Apple Digital Masters are not HiRes and there are no publicly announced plans […]