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...

Apple Watch #fail? And Reese Witherspoon – Actress or Online Retail Brand? It’s episode 19 of Media Unplugged with branding authority Tom...

There’s much interest and much consternation about the entry of Google and Apple into operating-system extensions for the car dashboard...

Interruption marketing is bad. Right? People hate ’em – those ads that stop you from enjoying the content you love – blah! But wait, if...

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...

Memo to music labels: The “value” of music is defined by consumers, fans, and listeners, not by you and your minions. From Billboard: A...

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...

There are events for radio and online radio and digital and local revenue and commercial and public and Christian broadcasters, but...

There’s been lots of attention in the radio industry trades lately about the lack of audience momentum for many broadcasters in the...

In a November survey by Morgan Stanley (released this week and reported in Quartz), more than 2,000 American adults were asked what audio...

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...

Radio broadcasters have made much fuss about Seth Godin’s post this past week titled “an end of radio.” In it, Seth referenced the...

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...

One of the greatest benefits of having a massive music platform is being able to parse the data in interesting and insightful ways. While...

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...

A recent Piper Jaffray report focused on the behaviors of teenagers and the consequence of trends in those behaviors. One of the...

The battle for real estate and attention on mobile devices is even tougher than you think. This past week Techcrunch reported on a study...

What do VC’s look for when they invest in the startups which threaten mega-industries like radio? Marc Andreessen, VC and cofounder of...

Last week, Google announced Android Auto, which – like Apple’s CarPlay – aims to fully fulfill the promise of the so-called connected...

I just delivered a research project for a broadcaster in a relatively small market. The study contained the opinions of 600 people. Now...