mramsey1Jan 13, 2017Media Unplugged: Apple is the New Hollywood!Apple is the new Hollywood! And… You can’t fix Twitter. Plus, rants and raves about new products at CES that make perfectly good items...
mramsey1Oct 11, 2016Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To ExplodeI have written a lot about the coming transformation of the auto dashboard and my belief that, in the long run, it will be the domain of...
mramsey1Sep 19, 2016Radio’s Problem After the iPhone 7Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you know that Apple released its latest iPhone last week, and the announcement came with all the...
mramsey1Mar 23, 2016If Radio Wants to Matter in the Cars of the Future…Remember when buying a new car meant more than buying an entertainment system that also happened to contain wheels? In other words,...
mramsey1Jul 13, 2015What’s EXCLUSIVE about your Radio Brand?If you aren’t the exclusive provider for something meaningful, you’re sunk. In April, I shared Bloomburg’s report that Apple Music’s...
mramsey1Jun 30, 2015Dear Media: We Hoaxed You! Love, Taylor Swift and Apple MusicWas the Taylor Swift / Apple Music dustup nothing more than a premeditated hoax? Maybe! Listen to our argument! And… “I Want My MTV” is...
mramsey1Jun 29, 2015What Apple’s Beats 1 Means for Your Radio BrandThe shape of Apple’s new live-streaming radio station Beats 1 is coming into focus, and it’s full of exclusive celebrity content: The New...
mramsey1Jun 13, 2015What Apple Music’s Streaming Radio Station REALLY MeansIn part one of the slicing of Apple Music, I looked at the all-you-can-eat streaming service itself. Today, in part two, I go inside the...
mramsey1Jun 9, 2015Slicing Apple Music – Part 1: Will It Kill Spotify?As is now widely known, Apple Music is comprised of three key elements: iTunes – but on demand and in the cloud (a la Spotify), a...
mramsey1Feb 16, 2015Here’s Why Apple Hired a Famous Radio DJWhy would Apple hire a well-known radio DJ? This past weekend Apple plucked popular British DJ Zane Lowe from BBC’s Radio 1. Lowe is...
mramsey1Jan 4, 2015Your New Auto Dashboard Debuts This MonthIn a preview of CES, The Hollywood Reporter cuts to the chase – the most fundamental reason why the technology of the car dashboard is...
mramsey1Mar 3, 2014What Apple’s CarPlay Means for RadioBy now you’ve heard about Apple’s new CarPlay platform which is gearing up for battle with Google’s Open Automotive Alliance, not to...
mramsey1Sep 23, 201311 Million New Users to iTunes Radio – in One WeekendOver 11 million unique listeners have already tuned in to iTunes Radio since launch with the most listened to song being “Hold On, We’re...
mramsey1Sep 15, 20134 Ways iTunes Radio Changes EverythingThis post was originally published by PBS’s MediaShift and is reprinted here with their permission. I wrote it shortly before last week’s...
mramsey1Jul 15, 2013What’s ahead for Pandora? CTO Tom Conrad talks to Mark RamseyHere are some of the questions I asked Tom: How has Apple’s introduction of iTunes Radio changed the calculus for Pandora? Are you...
mramsey1Jun 4, 2013Thank you, Apple!It’s hard to speculate on Apple’s “iRadio” before there’s an “iRadio” to speculate on. But one day it will be announced any day now, so...
mramsey1Apr 22, 2013“Pandora Helps Apple Sell More Music”Maybe it’s time to stop asking Pandora how they feel about Apple’s pending entry into the streaming radio marketplace and start asking...
mramsey1Oct 26, 2012Apple’s “Pandora Challenge” is really a Radio Industry ChallengeApple is rumored to be launching a radio-like streaming service, and Bloomberg is missing the point. Yesterday, Bloomberg published a...
mramsey1Jul 25, 2012Is it Time to Stop “Owning a Word”?Back in the day, Ries & Trout Own one, they advised. Just one. This played well with a broadcasting audience for obvious reasons – we...
mramsey1Jun 28, 2012Apple’s New “Podcasts” App – Radio’s Friend or Foe?Podcasts are emerging from the dungeons of iTunes in their own dedicated app. You can get it yourself here. If you’re a podcast fan,...