This Week In Music Commentary
This week, commentators shared their thoughts on why unpaid internships are such a problem, if rock radio can afford to not play Ed Sheeran's new song, whether or not major. Continue reading
Studies Show Rapid Decline In Radio Listening Globally
Broadcast radio is still one of the most used sources of media and a top vehicle for music discovery, but it won't maintain this top spot for long if the. Continue reading
IHeartMedia [IHRT] Stock Falls On Market Debut
T he largest radio conglomerate in the US, iHeartMedia, became a publicly-traded company again on Thursday, are launching its direct listing. Shares of the company, which just recently emerged from. Continue reading
Slide Over Lil Nas, Blanco Brown Brings The Beats To Top The Country Charts [Don’t Miss The Video]
It didn’t take long for other hip-hop and R&B artists to join in on a party started by Lil Nas’ “Old Town Road.” Now Blanco Brown has hit the country. Continue reading
BBC Names Lorna Clarke First Ever ‘Pop Controller’
Lorna Clarke has been named as the first BBC controller of pop music. She will be responsible for all pop stations including Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 6. Continue reading
KCRW MD and DJ Jason Bentley Is Exiting
Jason Bentley, the longtime Music Director of the influential Los Angeles radio station KRCW, announced that he was stepping down from the position and as host of the radio show. Continue reading
Spotify Takes Aim At Radio with ‘Your Daily Drive’ [Mark Mulligan of MIDiA]
[UPDATED] MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan has been warning for more than a year that radio is streaming’s next frontier; and with this week's release of the personalized music + news. Continue reading
Measuring Music’s Timelessness: A Tricky Business
Whether expressed or not, a latent goal of most musicians is to create music that endures, and hopefully has life beyond its creator. But just how does one measure music's. Continue reading
Broadcasters Do To Artists Exactly What They Complain Is Being Done To Them, says SoundExchange’s Michael Huppe [HYPOCRISY ALERT!]
[UPDATED] The National Association of Broadcaster is lobbying to end the right of satellite companies to license and transmit broadcasters’ content to undeserved markets without permission and often at rates. Continue reading
