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Google has glimpsed the future…and it may be yours
From the Wall Street Journal: The first phase of Google's music service is expected to be a Web store where users can buy and download...
mramsey1
Jun 22, 2010


What Radio Doesn’t Understand about Streaming
From Inside Radio: Difficulty monetizing webcasts has some broadcasters pushing for a simulcast rule re-write. As listening to station...
mramsey1
Jun 14, 2010
iTunes – coming to a cloud near you
Yesterday much attention was lavished on Steve Jobs and his announcement of a new and improved iPhone (still and, I would argue, forever...
mramsey1
Jun 7, 2010


Scaling Up Online Radio
In their words, this creates "the first-ever end-to-end technology provider for the streaming marketplace", with content delivery,...
mramsey1
Jun 7, 2010


Will Internet Radio eventually Kill In-Car Traditional Radio? Yes, but…
…that is your playground, too. As this NYT piece notes, Internet Radio is fast coming to a car near you. Sure, it's already here if you...
mramsey1
May 10, 2010
“My Internet Radio Stream is Bigger than Yours”
Here's a piece from Inside Radio so chocked full of inaccuracies that I'm going to address each of them in turn. Buzz aside, terrestrial...
mramsey1
May 4, 2010
How to Monetize your Online Streams
Custom Channels adds streams to your streaming portfolio. But how are you supposed to monetize these streams? Custom Channel's...
mramsey1
Apr 27, 2010


Listeners spend a lot more time with Radio than with Pandora, right? Wrong.
Not at all, say the data. According to the gold standard figures from Ando Media, the average Pandora listener tunes in Pandora for just...
mramsey1
Apr 15, 2010
“The Best Kept Secrets of Online Radio” – Watch it here
What are some fresh secrets from the world of online radio? Find out in this webinar co-produced and co-hosted by yours truly, recorded...
mramsey1
Apr 14, 2010
Nightline goes inside Pandora’s box
Talk about the perfect video news release! Check out this profile on Pandora and their centerpiece, the "Music Genome Project" from ABC's...
mramsey1
Apr 13, 2010


The Best Kept Secrets of Online Radio – See this Webinar
On Wednesday, April 7, I'm participating in a Webinar hosted by All Access and Triton Digital's Jim Kerr. The topic is "Best Kept Secrets...
mramsey1
Apr 6, 2010
The importance of replacing and targeting ads on radio streams
In the US, broadcasters have no choice but to replace ads on their streams with ads designed for those streams (legal reasons, of...
mramsey1
Mar 22, 2010


Internet Radio a Threat? Nah. An Opportunity.
So says iBiquity's Bob Struble, and I could not agree more. But I think Mr. Struble is making the wrong point. Because Internet radio can...
mramsey1
Feb 25, 2010
The Secret to Successful Streaming
Should you be discouraged that Pandora tops all conventional broadcasters in the online radio rankings? Or should you be pumped and...
mramsey1
Feb 17, 2010


Pandora’s Sales Strategy – a chat with John Trimble
Answer that question and you have begun to unravel the power of Pandora's selling proposition which, unlike the average Google Adword,...
mramsey1
Feb 10, 2010


Pandora again dominates Online Radio Metrics, and why that matters to you
In fact, there are more than 300,000 listeners tuned to Pandora in any given time on average. That's as many as CBS Radio and Clear...
mramsey1
Jan 21, 2010


Will Apple announce a free music streaming service next week?
In other words, now that Apple has acquired music streaming service Lala, it may theoretically provide you the capability of moving your...
mramsey1
Jan 20, 2010


John Gehron on the Future of AccuRadio
Well-respected radio industry veteran John Gehron is now working closely with Kurt Hanson's AccuRadio. What attracted Gehron to...
mramsey1
Jan 11, 2010


Is Pandora getting “boring”?
So is the decline in satisfaction shown by Bridge Ratings for folks who have listened to Pandora for a long time a sign of "fatigue or...
mramsey1
Jan 6, 2010
Ford Sync – “Play Station Pandora”
Here's one I missed before the holidays, and maybe you did, too. It's about Ford's Sync system, the interface built into more than a...
mramsey1
Jan 4, 2010
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