Audio Ink

Edison Research is getting ready to present its latest The Infinite Dial® study. The closer look at digital audio will focus on South Africa and will be presented February 24.

SiriusXM is offering new limited-engagement channels and specialty programming as a part of SiriusXM, Pandora and Stitcher Celebrate Black History Month. Black Wave Makers will spotlight Black artists and personalities who have created new genres, styles and ways of thinking.

ABC Audio’s Power Portal will celebrate Black History Month with a variety of topical videos and features. ABC Power Portal is an on-demand original video service optimized for radio station websites, apps and social media platforms.

Graham Nash has joined the list of artists removing their music from Spotify. Joe Rogan, who has apologized for COVID comments, has prompted a number of artists, including Neil Young, to remove their solo efforts from the service.

Neil Young’s latest website post directs his fans to subscribe to Amazon Music to stream his entire catalog, with a free 4-month access code. Check out his post HERE.

Shortly after Spotify announced it was removing Neil Young's music over the Joe Rogan kerfuffle, SiriusXM announced the limited return of Neil Young Radio featuring Young's music and stories from the rocker himself. Neil Young Radio will run for 7 days on channel 27.

TuneIn On Air is a new program that will provide content creators, educational, and non-profit broadcasters in the United States with access to distribution tools. The company say it wants to "reinvent radio for a connected world by bringing radio distribution into the digital age."

Audacy Insights Series this month will focus on CES 2022. A panel will discuss trends from the recently completed event in Las Vegas.

StoryCorps, which is a non-profit dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds, hits the road this month with its MobileBooth—an Airstream trailer converted into a mobile recording studio.

A four-part virtual event series is set for 2022 examining technology and how it affects the monetization of the music industry. The series is being presented by SoundExchange in partnership with the Music Business Association.