"Launching on Amazon Fire TV marks an important step in scaling our audiovisual distribution and unlocking new commercial opportunities across connected TV."
"Jimmy was a great friend. Jimmy did the best that he could. Jimmy was talented. Jimmy had great intentions… Jimmy I just want to say job well done and we will miss you and certainly loved you."
In only one demographic -- Persons 18-34 -- did an ad-supported digital audio platform reach double-digits, as Spotify hit 11% in that specific sector.
Nielsen notes for advertisers that the results show that more than 80% of all time spent listening is spent with either terrestrial radio or podcasts, while only 15% is spent listening on platforms like Spotify and Pandora.
It is troubling that, as an industry, we have failed to respond in a timely manner and have allowed a false narrative to emerge regarding who we are and what we do.
I believe the real music revolution began in 2001 when Steve Jobs introduced the first iPod as something neither radio nor any Walkman could accomplish.
"Launching on Amazon Fire TV marks an important step in scaling our audiovisual distribution and unlocking new commercial opportunities across connected TV."
"Jimmy was a great friend. Jimmy did the best that he could. Jimmy was talented. Jimmy had great intentions… Jimmy I just want to say job well done and we will miss you and certainly loved you."