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Media 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...
mramsey1
Jan 12, 2017
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Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To Explode
I 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...
mramsey1
Oct 11, 2016
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Radio’s Problem After the iPhone 7
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you know that Apple released its latest iPhone last week, and the announcement came with all the...
mramsey1
Sep 19, 2016
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If 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,...
mramsey1
Mar 23, 2016
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What’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...
mramsey1
Jul 13, 2015
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Dear Media: We Hoaxed You! Love, Taylor Swift and Apple Music
Was the Taylor Swift / Apple Music dustup nothing more than a premeditated hoax? Maybe! Listen to our argument! And… “I Want My MTV” is...
mramsey1
Jun 30, 2015
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What Apple’s Beats 1 Means for Your Radio Brand
The 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...
mramsey1
Jun 28, 2015
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What Apple Music’s Streaming Radio Station REALLY Means
In 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...
mramsey1
Jun 13, 2015
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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...
mramsey1
Jun 9, 2015
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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...
mramsey1
Feb 16, 2015
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Your New Auto Dashboard Debuts This Month
In a preview of CES, The Hollywood Reporter cuts to the chase – the most fundamental reason why the technology of the car dashboard is...
mramsey1
Jan 4, 2015
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What Apple’s CarPlay Means for Radio
By now you’ve heard about Apple’s new CarPlay platform which is gearing up for battle with Google’s Open Automotive Alliance, not to...
mramsey1
Mar 3, 2014
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11 Million New Users to iTunes Radio – in One Weekend
Over 11 million unique listeners have already tuned in to iTunes Radio since launch with the most listened to song being “Hold On, We’re...
mramsey1
Sep 23, 2013
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4 Ways iTunes Radio Changes Everything
This post was originally published by PBS’s MediaShift and is reprinted here with their permission. I wrote it shortly before last week’s...
mramsey1
Sep 14, 2013
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What’s ahead for Pandora? CTO Tom Conrad talks to Mark Ramsey
Here are some of the questions I asked Tom: How has Apple’s introduction of iTunes Radio changed the calculus for Pandora? Are you...
mramsey1
Jul 14, 2013
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Thank 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...
mramsey1
Jun 4, 2013
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“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...
mramsey1
Apr 22, 2013
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Apple’s “Pandora Challenge” is really a Radio Industry Challenge
Apple is rumored to be launching a radio-like streaming service, and Bloomberg is missing the point. Yesterday, Bloomberg published a...
mramsey1
Oct 25, 2012
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Is 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...
mramsey1
Jul 25, 2012
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Apple’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,...
mramsey1
Jun 28, 2012
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