Slicing 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...
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mramsey1
- May 13, 2015
Apple Watch Fail?
Apple Watch #fail? And Reese Witherspoon – Actress or Online Retail Brand? It’s episode 19 of Media Unplugged with branding authority Tom...
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mramsey1
- May 6, 2015
How Many Cars will be Dashboard-Powered by Google and Apple?
There’s much interest and much consternation about the entry of Google and Apple into operating-system extensions for the car dashboard...
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mramsey1
- Apr 21, 2015
Advertising is Dead; Long Live Advertising
Interruption marketing is bad. Right? People hate ’em – those ads that stop you from enjoying the content you love – blah! But wait, if...
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mramsey1
- Apr 9, 2015
Future of Music Radio: Today’s Hits and Less Variety
Have you noticed? There hasn’t been a significant new music radio format introduced in a decade. Sure, we’ve had Rhythm AC and Classic...
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mramsey1
- Mar 10, 2015
Music Labels Don’t Understand the Real Value of Music
Memo to music labels: The “value” of music is defined by consumers, fans, and listeners, not by you and your minions. From Billboard: A...
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mramsey1
- Feb 16, 2015
Here’s Why Apple Hired a Famous Radio DJ
Why 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...
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mramsey1
- Feb 10, 2015
You are Invited to hivio 2015 – the Audio Future Festival
There are events for radio and online radio and digital and local revenue and commercial and public and Christian broadcasters, but...
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mramsey1
- Jan 27, 2015
Is Streaming Momentum Stuck? Really?
There’s been lots of attention in the radio industry trades lately about the lack of audience momentum for many broadcasters in the...
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mramsey1
- Jan 15, 2015
Radio is Still Tops, But…
In a November survey by Morgan Stanley (released this week and reported in Quartz), more than 2,000 American adults were asked what audio...
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mramsey1
- Dec 12, 2014
What Radio Looks Like on Ford’s New Sync 3 for 2016
Never let it be said that the automakers don’t listen to feedback, because when it comes to Ford’s clunky Sync platform, they got an...
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mramsey1
- Nov 14, 2014
About Seth Godin’s “End of Radio”
Radio broadcasters have made much fuss about Seth Godin’s post this past week titled “an end of radio.” In it, Seth referenced the...
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mramsey1
- Nov 12, 2014
The Battle Between Taylor Swift and Spotify: And the Winner Is…
It’s Spotify vs. Country superstar Taylor Swift! And the winner is… Yes, there is a winner – and it may not be whom you think. Plus, does...
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mramsey1
- Nov 11, 2014
What Happens When Ariana Grande Conquers America?
One of the greatest benefits of having a massive music platform is being able to parse the data in interesting and insightful ways. While...
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mramsey1
- Nov 6, 2014
Amazon Just Reimagined the Table Radio – Amazon Echo
It’s called Amazon Echo, and like so many tech gadgets made by Amazon it’s more of an interesting idea than something which is...
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mramsey1
- Oct 17, 2014
The Future of Radio – According to Teens
A recent Piper Jaffray report focused on the behaviors of teenagers and the consequence of trends in those behaviors. One of the...
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mramsey1
- Aug 23, 2014
Here’s Why Radio Will Have a Tough Time on Mobile Phones
The battle for real estate and attention on mobile devices is even tougher than you think. This past week Techcrunch reported on a study...
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mramsey1
- Jul 14, 2014
Maybe You’re Thinking about Digital for Radio All Wrong
What do VC’s look for when they invest in the startups which threaten mega-industries like radio? Marc Andreessen, VC and cofounder of...
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mramsey1
- Jun 29, 2014
The New Auto Dashboard: Is Radio Screwed?
Last week, Google announced Android Auto, which – like Apple’s CarPlay – aims to fully fulfill the promise of the so-called connected...
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mramsey1
- Jun 12, 2014
The Unfortunate Farce of Radio Ratings
I just delivered a research project for a broadcaster in a relatively small market. The study contained the opinions of 600 people. Now...
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