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Pandora (NYSE:P): “Massive Disruption” Ahead

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Posted 24 May 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.

Pandora “has the audience to massively disrupt” the terrestrial radio market.

CEO Joe Kennedy says they’ve passed 150 million registered users, and that during April, 51.9 million Americans came to Pandora (Pandora Media, Inc. NYSE:P) for music and entertainment. “Total listener hours” for February-March-April nearly doubled from a year ago, growing 92% to 3.09 billion. Pandora asserts its claim to having 5.95% of total U.S. radio listening. Kennedy says it’s “already larger than the largest AM or FM station” in many markets. And he’s happy about the third-party audience measurement deal with the MRC-accredited Webcast Metrics service offered by Triton Digital. Note that Triton will supply local as well as national data. So what’s next? 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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Pandora (NYSE:P) Shows Growth in Triton Digital’s September Internet Audio Rankers While SoundExchange Distributes Millions in Royalties

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Posted 26 Oct 2011 — by Tom Taylor
Category Internet Radio, Media, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Tom Taylor

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

Another growth spurt for Pandora in Triton’s September Internet audio rankers.

And is there an “iHeartRadio” effect for Clear Channel (PINK:CCMO)? You can perhaps see it in the “Session Starts”, analogous to cume. #1 Pandora’s (NYSE:P) growth was particularly noticeable in “Average Active Sessions”, akin to broadcast radio’s AQH. Pandora showed with about 799,000 Active Sessions in August, and now 885,078 in September. Its “cume” figure of “Session Starts” swelled from 316 million to 343 million. #2 CBS Radio (NYSE:CBS), which includes Yahoo Launchcast (NASDAQ:YHOO) and AOL Radio (NYSE:AOL), dips in both Active Sessions and Starts. (AOL Radio is in the process of leaving the CBS family and joining Slacker, but was still included for September.) #3 Clear Channel, with a big push behind iHeartRadio, is up in Active Sessions (from 122,000 to about 133,000) and Starts (from about 41.3 million to 48 million). #4 is Citadel, soon to become counted together with Cumulus (NASDAQ:CMLS), and basically flat. #5 is Slacker, which is up in Active Sessions and particularly Starts (from 14.7 million to better than 15.6 million). The rest of the top ten: #6 Entercom (NYSE:ETM), #7 EMF (K-Love/Air 1), #8 ESPN Radio, #9 Cox and #10 Cumulus. Read More

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Triton Media Group COO Mike Agovino on Playground Radio Tonight at 8:00PM ET

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Posted 20 Jul 2011 — by Demian Russian
Category Media, Radio Industry

By Demian Russian

Triton Media Group Chief Operating Officer Mike Agovino will be the special guest on this evening’s live edition of Playground Radio at 8:00PM ET. Triton Media Group is a leading provider of applications, services and content to the media industry, specifically radio, with more than 6,000 station affiliations. Mr. Agovino will be discussing his thoughts on the radio space, online streaming and royalty rates.

Mike Agovino co-founded Triton in 2006 following more than 20 years of executive experience in the radio industry. Mike’s previous experience includes 18 years of service at Katz Media, where he rose to become President of Katz Radio and Katz Interactive. Following his time at Katz, he became the COO of Clear Channel Radio Sales. Agovino has operated at the intersection of radio and new media for over a decade and is a recognized leader in the industry for the sales and marketing of on-air/online integration.

Mike Agovino will be interviewed this evening by Satellite Radio Playground’s Demian Russian and Spencer Osborne from SiriusBuzz. Following tonight’s interview with Mr. Agovino, a discussion on the radio landscape as well as all of the latest news surrounding Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) Satellite Radio will follow. Read More