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Source: BVMI - German music sales growth slows in first half of 2024

German music sales growth slows in first half of 2025

24/07/2025

German music sales growth slows in first half of 2025 according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. This compares to a growth of 7.6% in H1 2024. Total sales were €1.157 Bn generated from streams, CDs, downloads and vinyl from January to June 2025, an increase of 1.4% compared to the same period last year (H1 2024: €1.141 Bn according to the full-year financial statements for 2024). Demand for physical formats fell significantly […]

More Americans now listen to audio on their TVs

15/07/2025

More Americans now listen to audio on their TVs with YouTube taking up over half of this time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey that measures the full audio space it shows how much music the average American listens to in a typical day using a nationally representative sample of those aged 13+ surveyed in Q2 2025. While less of a dominant force in media consumption than it once […]

Radio Club 80 adds DTS and Dolby Digital streams

13/07/2025

Radio Club 80 adds DTS and Dolby Digital experimental streams with music sourced from DTS CD and SACD discs. Radio Club 80 Audio Quad – Dolby Digital Sound http://stream.radioclub80.cl:9900/live.ac3 Radio Club 80 DTS 5.1 – Multi-channel sound http://stream.radioclub80.cl:9900/live.dts With all experimental streams it comes with the usual caveats regarding availability. You will also need to ensure that your media/network players have the appropriate plugins and appropriate playback kit to get the full multi-channel effect. Stream link look-up […]

SoundCloud improves discovery and adds CarPlay functionality

08/07/2025

SoundCloud improves discovery and adds CarPlay functionality in a range of upgrades launched in June 2025. Discovery made more social with ‘Liked By’ feature Music Discovery was never a solo activity according to SoundCloud and have introduced ‘Liked By’ a new feature that brings SoundCloud’s community to life by showing you what your friends, fellow fans, and favourite artists are loving. From searching for the perfect song to browsing new playlists, ‘Liked By’ shows both […]

Radio Krov may return

08/07/2025

Radio Krov, a Serbian internet radio station associated with the Visual Anthropology Centre (VAC) in Belgrade, Vizantrop, threepenny, decentrala and the Centre for Ethnomusicology Activities which closed in May 2025 may return. We reached out to the VAC and got the following reply, “Due to some misunderstandings in our collective, radio was taken offline and a lot of our data lost. We are working on putting it back online on a different server.” The station […]

Gen Z Americans spend over 4 hours with audio per day

26/06/2025

Gen Z Americans spend over 4 hours with audio per day and reap a multitude of benefits from their listening, according to The Gen Z Audio Report from Edison Research and SiriusXM Media. The report was based on a new online survey of 2010 listeners aged 13-24 in Q4 2024. Key finding from The Gen Z Audio Report Audio Habits They spend 42% of their average audio day with streaming music, 20% with music and music […]

SoundCloud rolls out music library importer

20/06/2025

SoundCloud rolls out music library importer allowing users to easily transfer their music libraries – including liked songs and playlists – from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TIDAL, Deezer, and Amazon Music. With this update, listeners can preserve their listening history while exploring over SoundCloud’s extensive catalogue. Currently available only on their mobile app this new feature can be accessed via the Library tab. SoundCloud currently has over 400+ million tracks from 40+ million artists. […]