All Access Music Group

What All Access Music Group does

All Access Music Group operates an integrated media intelligence and distribution platform serving the U.S. and Canadian radio and music industries, founded in 1995 and headquartered operationally in White Plains, New York under parent company RCS (Radio & Records). The company runs allaccess.com as a membership-based portal combining multiple product lines: Mediabase provides real-time radio airplay monitoring and song charts across formats including Top 40, Country, Rock, Alternative, and Urban/R&B; All Access Downloads (AADL) is a permission-based audio distribution platform that routes label-approved new music to authorized radio programmers; RateTheMusic delivers internet-based consumer music research as a leading indicator for callout research; Chartmetric integration supplies artist analytics from streaming and social data; and What's In-Store Music tracks retail and out-of-home music programming.

The platform's primary users are radio programming personnel at BDS-monitored and Mediabase-reporting stations, record label promotional representatives, corporate programming executives at radio groups, radio format consultants, music supervisors for film/TV/advertising, and major internet programming services. Access to AADL requires authorization from record labels and is restricted to U.S. and Canadian industry professionals, with format-specific clearances gating access by genre.

Revenue is generated through a subscription/membership model targeting authorized industry professionals, though pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held under RCS and does not publicly report revenue. Distribution is primarily direct via the website, supplemented by email newsletters (Daily Headlines, Mediabase eWeekly, Chart Recap, format-specific bulletins) that drive engagement and retention. Joel Denver serves as President, Publisher, and Co-founder, providing continuity of leadership since founding. The company is positioned as a workflow-critical data and distribution layer for the U.S. radio industry rather than a consumer-facing music platform.

Name

All Access Music Group

Legal name

All Access Music Group

Website

https://allaccess.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

All Access Music Group operates a membership-based radio and music industry intelligence platform combining airplay monitoring (Mediabase), label-approved audio distribution (AADL), consumer music research, and artist analytics, serving U.S. and Canadian broadcasters, record labels, consultants, and music supervisors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Industry Data and Analytics

NAICS

Radio Broadcasting Stations (516110), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Sound Recording Industries (5122)

SIC

Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Music & Audio Streaming Platforms (BPAMAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Music & Audio Rights for Broadcast (Sync/Master/Library) (MPABANAF)

Keywords

• Radio airplay monitoring
• Music industry data
• Radio station charts
• Music distribution platform
• Artist analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Malibu

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription/Membership: The platform operates on a membership/subscription model where industry professionals register for access to music charts, airplay data, new music downloads, and industry news. Access requires registration and is limited to authorized radio industry professionals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

All Access Music Group operates a membership-based radio and music industry platform centered on a permission-based audio distribution system (AADL) and real-time radio airplay monitoring through Mediabase. The platform provides song charts, artist analytics via Chartmetric, consumer music research through RateTheMusic, and retail music programming data via What's In-Store Music. Access is restricted to authorized radio industry professionals, record label personnel, music supervisors, and consultants in the US and Canada.

Product overview

All Access Music Group operates a comprehensive radio industry platform combining multiple interconnected services. The core offering centers on All Access Downloads (AADL), a permission-based audio distribution platform for music industry content, paired with Mediabase for real-time radio airplay tracking and song charts across multiple formats. The platform integrates Chartmetric for artist analytics and social streaming metrics, RateTheMusic for consumer music research and ratings, and What's In-Store Music for retail programming data. Additional services include Cool New Music alerts, Net News headlines, and the Mediabase eWeekly newsletter. The platform primarily serves radio programming professionals, record label personnel, consultants, and music supervisors through a membership-based model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mediabase: Radio airplay monitoring and music industry data service
• RateTheMusic
• Chartmetric
• What's In-Store Music

Products and services

• All Access Downloads (AADL) A permission-based audio distribution platform that allows content owners in the music industry to distribute music to authorized radio industry professionals and qualified recipients cleared for access. Access is limited to US and Canada, tied to specific music genres, and authorized by record labels.
• Mediabase Radio music monitoring service providing song charts, airplay tracking, and station data across multiple formats including Top 40, Country, Rock, Alternative, Urban, and more. Offers real-time airplay reporting and an Add Board for new releases.
• Chartmetric Artist ranking and analytics platform integrated into All Access that provides Chartmetric Scores using over 50 data points from multiple streaming services and social networks, including Engagement Rank and Fan Base Rank metrics for artists.
• RateTheMusic Internet-based music research platform providing ratings on songs, bands, and artists. Serves as a leading indicator of what will be shown by traditional callout research, testing the top 30 current songs in each format weekly.
• What's In-Store Music Retail music programming tracking service that creates exclusive charts for music played in stores, including Currents, What's In-Store Too (gyms, big box stores), and Holiday charts. Tracks plays, impressions, and location data.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RCS (Radio & Computing Services)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCS (Radio & Computing Services) is the parent company operating All Access Music Group and Mediabase. RCS headquarters in White Plains, NY houses the operations for the platform, with phone contact at (914) 428-4600 and sales department at [email protected].

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• HitPredictor / SoundOut: SoundOut (including HitPredictor) provides audience testing and song prediction research for the music industry—directly comparable to All Access's RateTheMusic consumer research product for radio format testing.
• Chartmetric (standalone): Chartmetric operates as an independent artist analytics dashboard for streaming and social data—currently also offered as an integrated service inside All Access—making it both a potential internal substitute and overlapping external product.
• VEVO: VEVO provides artist-facing video and streaming performance data and reaching across social media networks, partially overlapping with All Access's Chartmetric and RateTheMusic analytics offerings to labels and artists.

Others

• Music Ally: Music Ally is a digital music industry publication and events business targeting similar label, streaming, and tech audiences as All Access's Net News and email newsletters, making it an adjacent information-services peer.

Broad incumbents

• SoundExchange: SoundExchange collects and distributes digital performance royalties for sound recordings and provides industry data on airplay and streaming usage, sitting at the intersection of rights administration and airplay data that All Access also serves.
• Billboard (P-MRC): Billboard publishes music industry charts and editorial coverage that overlap with All Access's Mediabase charts and Net News newsletters as competing chart/news touchpoints for radio programmers and music executives.
• Spotify for Artists: Spotify for Artists provides streaming, audience, and song-level analytics to artists and labels that overlap with Chartmetric/RateTheMusic components of the All Access platform, and is a broad incumbent that may compete for label analytics budget.

Direct peers

• Music Reports Inc. Music Reports administers music rights, licensing, and royalty data for labels and platforms (including Cue Sheet/AV reporting) and is comparable to All Access's AADL and Mediabase rights-adjacent services.
• Triton Digital (SoundAxis): Triton Digital / SoundAxis provides audio measurement, streaming analytics, and ratings for online and broadcast radio, overlapping with Mediabase's airplay monitoring and What's In-Store Music's audio tracking.
• Nielsen Audio (BDSradio): Nielsen Audio / BDS operates Broadcast Data Systems, which is the other major US radio airplay monitoring system used by programmers and labels—the closest direct competitor to All Access's Mediabase charts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/allaccess
• Facebookfacebook.com/all.access

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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