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Pandora Media’s (NYSE:P) Reach

Posted 01 Aug 2012 — by Tom Taylor
Category Analyst Coverage, Internet Radio, Media, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News, Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) News

By Tom Taylor

The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info.

“Pandora (NYSE:P) now reaches 11.3% of U.S. consumers in a typical week,” says The Media Audit.

The researcher’s latest newsletter carries a capsule from its new National Report, and says the 11.3% figure “represents more than 16 million listeners 18 and over,” in 62 of its 81 measured markets. There’s news in the demo breakouts — “Pandora has a heavy concentration of affluent working women who listen, those with household income of greater than $75,000 a year.” Pandora also indexes above average in reaching “business owners as well as certain ethnic groups.” Pandora does better than the market average in reaching African-American, Hispanic and Asian audiences. Charleston, South Carolina is Pandora’s top market for listening, reaching 27.9% of the market. Then you’ve got Albuquerque (26.9%), Spokane (26.8%), Allentown (25.7%) and Madison (25.4%). Read More

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Internet Radio’s Weekly Audience Jumps 30%: Arbitron-Edison Study

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Posted 11 Apr 2012 — by Tom Taylor
Category Internet Radio, Media, Radio Industry, Technology

By Tom Taylor

The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info.

Headline of the latest Arbitron-Edison “Infinite Dial” – a 30% jump in weekly online radio audience.

This is the 20th edition of a study of new media that dates way back to 1998, when there wasn’t even an accepted vocabulary for some of the behavior. (Arbitron used to refer to streaming radio listeners as “streamies.”) The latest data confirms the rapid rush toward broadband at home (now in 70% of homes), increasing reliance on the Internet (46% say it’s “the medium most essential to my life”), and the adoption of smartphones. Arbitron’s Bill Rose and Edison’s Tom Webster also take pains to point out that old media isn’t going into the dumpster. One of their bullet points – “Heavy usage of one medium is not necessarily associated with less time with other media.” Americans’ average daily time with AM/FM radio is 2 hours and 7 minutes. For heavy Internet users, it’s 2 hours and 14 minutes. Even heavy TV users, who gulp down 7-8 hours a day of tube time, use radio an average of one hour and 56 minutes. There’s other stuff that points to increased media time by Americans. “Digital device users are slightly more likely to have listened to AM/FM radio in the past week.” Bill Rose says “ten years ago, people were using seven hours a day of radio/TV/Internet. Now it’s eight hours and 18 minutes.” Overall, digital has increased “the ubiquity of media.” Check the just-released Infinite Dial “Navigating Digital Platforms” study on the Arbitron website here or the Edison site here. Here’s more — Read More

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Pandora (NYSE:P): Arbitron Says Don’t Mix and Match

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Posted 20 Dec 2011 — by Tom Taylor
Category Internet Radio, Media, Radio Industry

By Tom Taylor

The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info.

Arbitron says – Don’t compare its numbers to those of “Internet music services”

Pandora (NYSE:P), true to the original Greek myth, has opened up a box-full of controversy with last week’s report titled “Pandora increases listenership in top radio markets.” It began issuing listening estimates from the top 10 radio markets in July, showing market-by-market AQH ratings. There was a followup release in September, but the December 13 release was the first one that added cume ratings to AQH ratings. Suddenly, the metrics are starting to look very “radio”-like. As Arbitron says (without naming Pandora), they “use the same labels and descriptions as Arbitron radio estimates.” TRI believes that’s the context for yesterday’s extraordinary release that Arbitron calls “a clarification…about whether Arbitron’s radio audience estimates are equivalent to those derived from Internet music services’ in-house server log files.” Its answer – with 10 bullet points – is “no.” Arbitron’s now hearing a dull roar of protest from its own paying clients about something strange out there. By sheer coincidence, Triton Digital yesterday announced its new “Webcast Metrics Local” service, breaking down its national monthly numbers for local radio markets. Again, TRI believes that the unnamed trigger for Arbitron’s “clarification” wasn’t Triton Digital, but Pandora. (There’s a story coming up soon about the Triton Digital service.) So what’s Arbitron saying about these “Internet music services”? Read More

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Sirius XM Radio’s (NASDAQ:SIRI) Howard Stern: Radio Talent Scout

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Posted 16 Dec 2011 — by Tom Taylor
Category Howard Stern, Media, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Tom Taylor

The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info.

“America’s Got Talent” really, really wanted Howard Stern, and they got him, for $10 million-plus.

NBC also agrees to Stern’s dealbreaker demand – that production of the six-year-old talent-discovery show be uprooted from Los Angeles to New York. And yes, his bargaining position was that strong – series creator Simon Cowell wanted his presence very badly. Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) tweeted the news that Stern is “the newest judge on America’s Got Talent” early yesterday, as Stern was announcing it on satellite radio. One of his guests was Sharon Osbourne, a current judge (along with Howie Mandel) of “Talent.” Stern will replace Piers Morgan as the third judge. How much money’s involved? Last month the New York Post reported that $20 million was on the table, not counting the cost of shooting in New York. Yesterday’s L.A. Times quotes a “knowledgeable insider” saying Stern’s check is more like $10 million. Stern says he isn’t doing it for the money — he loves the show. This is good visibility for him and also for Sirius XM. Season #7 begins airing on NBC next Summer. Expect some controversy before then — Read More

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New In-Car Media Listening Study: 24% Use An iPod/MP3 Player, 8% Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) Satellite Radio, 6% Pandora (NYSE:P)

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Posted 19 Sep 2011 — by Amy Gilroy
Category Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Internet Radio, Media, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News, Technology

By Amy Gilroy

A new study provides a sweeping look at gadget use in the car. Conducted in July, it found that 24 percent of us use an iPod/MP3 player to listen to music in the car, although that figure climbs to over half of users if they are between 18 and 24 years old.

The study from Arbitron, Edison Research and Scarborough Research questioned 1,500 users by phone.

Here are some key findings:

6 percent stream Pandora (NYSE:P) from a phone while in the car. If you look only at 18 to 24 year-olds, Pandora use climbs to 19 percent

8 percent listen to Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) Satellite Radio

25 percent use a Bluetooth connection to the phone of some kind in the car.

The study also looked at user interest in new technology: Read More

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Radio Stocks: June Was The Cruelest Month

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Posted 05 Jul 2011 — by Tom Taylor
Category Media, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Tom Taylor

The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info.

You could’ve made money in the first half of 2011, if you owned the right stocks in the radio sector.

CBS grew nearly 50%, from the year’s first day of trading on January 3 to last Thursday, June 30. Fisher posted a nice six-month gain of 27%, despite a shareholder vote that placed two reps of a dissident group on the board. Radio One was up 42%. Saga was another stock that, like CBS, gained nearly 50% in the first six months. But for many stocks, there was a June jinx, as you’re about to see – many companies in the group fell to their year-to-date lows in June. As we begin the second half of 2011 with a sluggish economy and some pullbacks in predictions for advertising, let’s take a Janus-like glance back at the first half of 2011 for the radio-connected stocks tracked by TRI –

Arbitron (NYSE:ARB) – Started the year at $42.72, hit $44.44 on February 8, dropped to $35.28 on April 19, and closed on June 30 at $41.33. Still, if you peek back a full 12 months, you see that Arbitron’s ahead significantly from the $25.59 level of mid-year 2010. It’s got a filing cabinet-full of long-term deals with its radio customers (historically about 90% of total revenue), and Nielsen’s no longer even a potential competitor.

Beasley (NASDAQ:BBGI) – Began 2011 at $6.03 a share, set a year-to-date high of $8.53 on April 4, a low of $3.64 on June 15 – the June jinx – and closed on June 30 at $4.21.

CBS (NYSE:CBS) – Chugged very steadily from $19.28 on January 3 to $28.49. Result – a roughly 50% gain, so far this year. Les Moonves and his boss Sumner Redstone should be beaming. The TV business is very healthy and CBS Radio throws off abundant cash flow. Les should be in for another rich paycheck at year-end, including bonuses. Read More

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Bubba the Love Sponge To Discuss His Move From Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) To RadioIO (OTCPK:IWDM) — Live Tonight At 8:00PM ET

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Posted 05 Jan 2011 — by Demian Russian
Category Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Demian Russian

Bubba the Love Sponge broke the news via his Twitter feed on New Year’s Eve that he was leaving Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) for internet radio provider RadioIO, which is owned by the publicly traded company ioWorld Media, Inc. (OTCPK:IWDM). Along with this announcement, and clearly frustrated with Sirius XM’s offer for him to take what he refers to as an 80% pay cut, Bubba also encouraged his listeners to cancel their Satellite Radio subscriptions. Bubba, who has been ranked by Arbitron as the the #2 most popular talent on Satellite Radio second only to Howard Stern, said that Sirius XM’s offer was “take it or leave it.” Bubba decided to leave it.

Three times we were able to do a deal. This time we came to an impasse. I didn’t think an 80% pay cut was fair market value for my services.

– Bubba the Love Sponge

When the then separate Sirius and XM launched nearly a decade ago, the world was a different place. At the time, Sirius and XM Satellite Radio were the only radio services that could truly offer a national footprint. The world has changed quickly since then. The internet and the proliferation of smartphones has now opened up another avenue to reach the masses. While Satellite Radio still maintains this national footprint in an absolute sense, the buildout of cellular data networks has helped the internet radio platform become a viable option to reach a national audience. Read More

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The End Of Radio’s Zero-Sum Game

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Posted 04 Jan 2011 — by admin
Category Media, Radio Industry

By Mark Ramsey

Years ago, I invited author and technology guru Guy Kawasaki to speak before a group of broadcasters. The heart of his message was this question: Why does radio focus on a zero-sum game, the idea that for me to win my competitor must lose, and vice versa?

The answer, of course, is that ratings themselves are a zero-sum game. There are 100 shares to go around, and the only way for me to get some is if you don’t. And revenue is tied directly to ratings, so there are only 100 shares of revenue linked to 100 shares of ratings. It’s one big pie with only so many slices.

At least that’s how it used to work, but no longer.

The beauty of our digital age is that advantage comes to those broadcasters who grow outside the Arbitron world. By many estimates, this is the only place significant growth for radio will emerge. Advantage will come to those who imagine (to take the extreme) that Arbitron no longer exists and that stations no longer need ratings measures to drive revenue. What they need, in this extreme example, are ideas and fans and clients and results. And these ideas are cross-platform ideas, even cross-media ones. Read More