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German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023

18/07/2023

German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023 according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. Total sales were €1.056 Bn, an increase of 6.6% compared to the same period last year (H1 2022: €990 million according to the 2022 full-year accounts). Physical sales were at a similar level as in the same period of the previous year and thus remained stable (-0.8%). CDs continued to decline (-4.1%) but still contributed […]

Deezer updates its Flow discovery feature

18/07/2023

Deezer updates its Flow discovery feature to include both moods and genres as well as adjusting the balance between listening to favourites and discovering new music. Music fans can now not only get recommendations that match their current mood, but also choose a genre they want to explore. The AI-powered in-app genre Flow wheel will display 6 genres (out 32 currently available) based on what you have listened to recently. Another addition to the next […]

TIDAL starts to rollout HiRes FLAC

01/07/2023

TIDAL starts to rollout HiRes FLAC to its Early Access Program (EAP) users on iOS according to a recent reddit post by TIDAL CEO Jesse Dorogusker. The streamer is now offering high resolution content in FLAC format, up to 24-bit 192kHz. For those on the EAP programme you can access this now by updating your beta app, and selecting ‘Max’ quality in the new Audio & Playback settings screen. Dorogusker said, “We’re choosing FLAC as […]

Gen Z Americans discover podcasts through social media

25/06/2023

Gen Z Americans discover podcasts through social media with 24 million regular monthly listeners according to a recent report from Edison Research in partnership with  SXM Media. The Gen Z Podcast Listener Report is based on a survey of 1003 US individuals aged between 13 and 24 during April 2023 plus a number of in-depth interviews. Key findings from the report 47% of the Gen Z (age 13-24) online population in the US are monthly podcast listeners, […]

Spotify’s desktop gets a new look

20/06/2023

Spotify’s desktop gets a new look with with redesigned Your Library and Now Playing views giving a better way to explore, curate, listen to, and organize Spotify on a computer or web browser. The main content area remains unchanged but the new additions will help to align their Desktop experience with the mobile app. On the left-hand side of the app window, they have anchored the new Your Library so you can quickly access your […]

60North Radio

20/06/2023

60North Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting mainly indie music based in the Shetland Islands way up in the north of the UK. Started in 2004 as a local information station it had 6 low power FM transmitters by 2005 but by 2014 the harsh local weather had destroyed them all. Now the station is internet radio only and broadcasts a CD Quality lossless FLAC stream, 48kbps and 256kbps AAC streams and a 320kbps […]

Mother Earth Radio upgrades its streams

11/06/2023

Mother Earth Radio upgrades its streams broadcasting FLAC at 192kHz on two of its three channels. In a recent announcement the station’s found Florian Reiterer said, “We have a big update on Mother Earth Radio, we are now broadcasting in 192kHz sampling rate. That’s why we have also radically eliminated all CDs or similar and now only play vinyl or HiRes Audio files. The recordings are now made with a record needle with up to […]