Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels
Sigh. Streaming TV prices are going to get obscene in 2025. — www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24... Mastodon: @SuffolkLITLab@esq.social : TL;DR: Venu Sports, the anticipated joint streaming venture from...
US paid music subscribers hit a record 109M in 2023, rising to 136M including SiriusXM and Amazon Prime Music; seven of every 10 US millennials pay to subscribe
MusicWatch Annual Music Study points to continued health of the US music market, a record number of paid subscribers, and increased spend on recorded music.
Internal memo: SiriusXM plans to shut down its Stitcher podcast app on August 29 and move subscribers to its flagship SXM app, where podcasts will include ads
A look at the confusion, culture clash, and shifting goals in SiriusXM's Stitcher deal, as many shows and over 25% of Stitcher's staff left post-acquisition
SiriusXM leapt into podcasts with a $325 million deal — insiders say it's off to a messy start — Illustrations by Vincent Kilbride for The Verge Tweets: @jake_k , @francoolivera , @brandongrugle , @...
SiriusXM rolls out AudioID to track its audience across its apps Pandora and Stitcher and its satellite radio service, offering first-party ad targeting
SiriusXM partners with TikTok for a TikTok music channel on SiriusXM, TikTok playlists on Pandora, and re-airings of Pandora LIVE events on TikTok
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
SiriusXM will buy E.W. Scripps' podcast network and producer unit Stitcher for $325M; Scripps says Stitcher had $72.5M in 2019 revenue
spotify, apple, and iheart. We haven't heard their strategy yet. Sirius has 33.7 mill subscribers. what percentage already listen to podcasts? Dave Zatz / @davezatz : ~$300m used to be a lot of money....
SiriusXM will buy E.W. Scripps' podcast network and producer unit Stitcher for $325M; Scripps says Stitcher had $72.5M in 2019 revenue
According to E.W. Scripps, the $325 million price tag represents a return of more than 100% in its investment in podcasting over the last five years.
Sources: SiriusXM is near a deal to buy Stitcher's podcasting unit from Scripps for around $300M
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal :
Automatic Labs, which was recently acquired by SiriusXM, shuts down its vehicle-tracking service, tells users to remove its connected car adapters from vehicles
Automatic has announced that it'll be abruptly shutting down on May 28th because “the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted our business.”