Audio Ink

It's a purchase Spotify says will help build out the tools it provides to artists who use Spotify to grow their listeners and overall business. The company is called CrowdAlbum.

TuneIn is launching a new advertising campaign created by its first-ever agency, Durham, NC-based McKinney. The campaign will launch in radio, digital and social and be followed with out-of-home in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston and Los Angeles. The campaign is called "Listen Like You Mean It," and it begins Thursday in Chicago and Boston.

SiriusXM announced Wednesday that P.O.T.U.S. channel 124 will transform into "Convention Radio" during the Republican National Convention. With attention focused on Cleveland, Ohio, SiriusXM will be live from the convention floor – including uninterrupted reporting of convention business beginning Monday, July 18.

Triton Digital has signed a partnership deal with Cyber Communications, a subsidiary of advertising agency Dentsu, which is headquartered in Tokyo. This agreement will allow Triton to bring its online audio advertising exchange, a2x, to Japan. a2x enables programmatic buying of targeted online and mobile audio ad inventory.

Jeremy Sinon has been named Director of Digital Strategy for Hubbard Radio. Sinon was most recently splitting duties as Corporate Digital Director and local Digital Director for Hubbard Radio’s Minneapolis-Saint Paul radio stations.

Global Security Systems announced at the NAB Show in Las Vegas that the NextRadio app team will review ways to interconnect with GSS’s ALERT FM emergency notification system to provide users with federal, state, and/or local information during the event of a man-made or natural disaster. This new feature is scheduled to be available to NextRadio users later this year.

PodcastOne announced Tuesday that international pet expert Warren Eckstein is launching a new weekly podcast. With a successful 30-year career in syndicated radio, Eckstein will provide original content about pet news and tips, along with inviting celebrity guests.

On Monday, Pandora announced it has generated more than $2 billion in royalties for artists and songwriters, nine months after announcing it had hit $1.5 billion in royalties paid out.

Daniel Anstandig's Futuri Media has released a new product called Futuri POST. The technology automatically records, produces, and distributes on-demand audio for broadcasters.

NextRadio is joining with the Public Radio Satellite System to introduce its new PRSS MetaPub Platform to integrate enhanced visual features and information from public radio programming into NextRadio.