Publishers like CNN, NPR, The New York Times, Barstool Sports, Slate and ESPN will offer their podcasts on the streamer without ads. By J. Clara Chan Digital Media Writer As Amazon Music seeks to gain ...

The biggest news in the music industry last week was a bit of a damp squib. Universal Music Group and Spotify jointly announced Wednesday (July 22nd) that they’d re-upped their global licensing deal — ...

The parade of data-driven ad platform launches by companies that don’t traditionally monetize through advertising seemingly cannot be stopped. Last November, music labels got into the mix with the ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

A musician’s success is no longer a juggle between talent and creativity. With countless artists vying for viewership on a handful of social media and digital streaming platforms, paid advertising has ...

Over the last decade, renewed movements for gender equality have swept from Hollywood to Silicon Valley and, at long last, to Madison Avenue. Advertisers finally seem willing to confront bias in ...

YouTube is launching a new type of audio-based ad unit to reach people who use the platform as their music and podcast player. Audio ads may sound like an odd fit for a website that specializes in ...

YouTube dominates online video, but it’s absolutely crammed full of ads these days. A YouTube Premium subscription takes care of that, but ad blockers do exist. Google seems to have gotten the message ...

There are now advertisements for first-party Apple radio shows within the paid Apple Music service — and there absolutely shouldn't be. Retired Apple reporter Jim Dalrymple took to Twitter on Tuesday ...

YouTube claims to be the world’s biggest jukebox — and now it wants to wring more ad dollars from the platform’s music fans. The video giant is launching 15-second audio ads, the first format designed ...