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Pandora launches ‘Digicore by SoundCloud’ station

04/03/2022

Pandora launches ‘Digicore by SoundCloud’ station, the first in a series of stations from SoundCloud’s Music Discovery Series ‘SCENES’. The new station will showcase pop’s next genre-bending evolution from a community of underground DIY artists that started on SoundCloud. Originating from SoundCloud’s award-winning music discovery series, SCENES, ‘Digicore by SoundCloud’ is the first from a series of stations set to launch on Pandora to amplify the hottest rising music communities and culture-shifting collectives bubbling up on […]

American ‘super listeners’ listen to 11.2 hours of podcasts weekly

24/02/2022

American ‘super listeners’ listen to 11.2 hours of podcasts weekly with Super Listeners increasingly finding podcast content on YouTube. These findings are part of third Super Listeners Study from Edison Research in partnership with Ad Results Media based on a survey of Podcast ‘Super Listeners’ Americans aged 18+ who listen to five or more hours of podcasts weekly. The survey was primarily intended to find out what podcast Super Listeners felt about advertising within podcast content but […]

Spotify Car Thing officially launched

23/02/2022

Spotify Car Thing officially launched and is only available in the US for $89.99 but will require you to have a Spotify Premium account to use it. Back in April 2021, Spotify announced its experiment with a smart player that could seamlessly fill your car with a world of music, news, entertainment, talk, and more. Then in October, it unveiled a limited release of Car Thing to Spotify Premium users. It is now fully available in the US and […]

Top 50 US podcasts for 2021

10/02/2022

The Top 50 US podcasts for 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 2021 list is derived from data collected continuously throughout 2021 from surveying weekly podcast consumers ages 18 and older. The top shows […]

SiriusXM reaches 32 million paying subscribers in 2021

02/02/2022

SiriusXM reaches 32 million paying subscribers in 2021 adding 1,152,000 net new subscribers for 2021, a 27% increase from the 909,000 added in 2020. Total revenue for the group reached a record $8.70 Bn in 2021 – an Increase of 8% compared to 2020. Net income climbed to $1.3 Bn which exceeded expectations for the year. SiriusXM’s hardware was incorporated into approximately 82% of new vehicles sold in the US in 2021, up from approximately […]

Neil Young Radio returns to SiriusXM

27/01/2022

Neil Young Radio returns to SiriusXM with his complete catalogue of music, from his solo albums to his work with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Buffalo Springfield and Crazy Horse, to his latest album. Neil Young Radio will appear on Deep Tracks, channel 27 and will begin at 6am ET on the 27th January. Neil Young Radio returns to SiriusXM following its launch in December as a limited-run channel. It will have a limited […]

5 David Bowie albums remixed in 360 Reality Audio

13/01/2022

5 David Bowie albums remixed in 360 Reality Audio for Bowie 75 – an extended celebration of David Bowie’s 75th birthday on 8th January 2022. The content is the latest David Bowie music to be mixed in 360 Reality Audio, following Space Oddity, which is currently available on 360 Reality Audio supported streaming platforms. Longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti crafted 360 Reality Audio mixes of Heathen, Reality, A Reality Tour (Live), The Next Day, and ★ (pronounced “Blackstar”). The albums will be available for streaming in 360 Reality Audio beginning 21st […]