RAIN Notes: July 18
Everyone’s a Critic – Borrell Associates
Surprising – Sounds Profitable
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News
Audioboom buys Adelicius to become “largest homegrown podcast network”
In a maneuver which creates the UK’s largest homegrown podcast network, pod platform Audioboom has acquired podcast hosting network Adelicious. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: July 15: Radio’s quest for cool.
Moving Up – iHeartMedia
Radio, AI, and a Quest for Cool – Jacobs Media
Joining Forces – ARN Continue Reading
PodcastOne annual report: Downloads down; revenue up.
In a 124-page document containing over 76,000 words, more than 6,300 sentences, and 4,436 paragraphs, which would take an estimated five hours to read, PodcastOne has released its annual finance report for fiscal 2025. We cull and summarize. Continue Reading
Reach, Affinity, Conversions: Podscribe releases ad-planning upgrade
Podscribe, an attribution and analytics platform for ad buyers of podcasting, has released new capabilities in the media planning platform it offers to advertisers. The company calls it “a major upgrade,” available in all user dashboards. The news illuminates some of the intelligence that advertisers can access in crafting campaigns. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: July 9
Milestone(s) – Heather Osgood
Insider Best – E. B. Moss
iHeart & Dolly – iHeartMedia
Living the Live Life – Digiday Continue Reading
June podcast production drops 30% to new 2025 low (Listen Notes)
New podcast production took a substantial step downward in June compared to May, and less dramatically compared to June 2024. And in the month-over-month view, May-June represents the biggest single-month drop of the 12-month period. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: July 3
AMEVA Goes Around Again – U.S. Congress
Happy 10th; Happy 100 Billionth – Spotify
Intersecting Passions – Douglas Trostler Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: July 2
Welcoming – New York Public Radio
Targeting 1,000,000,000 (One Hundred Billion) – MiDIA Research
Supporters Support – Edison Research Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: June 30
Cross Platform Giggling – Acast
Power to the Parasocial – Edison Research
Sundown Rising – Velvet Sundown Continue Reading
Acast’s new podcast revenue dashboard: Focus on financial transparency
Podcast giant Acast is making a splash over its launch of a new revenue dashboard for its creator clients. With changes and innovations reportedly based on creator feedback, the new product promises “unprecedented transparency.” Continue Reading
Podcast consumers profiled in new study; YouTube leads but doesn’t dominate
In the Spring edition of the Podcast Download report produced by Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights, consumer research platform Quantilope was commissioned to survey weekly podcast consumers. The study was fielded in April, and digs into eight key questions:… Continue Reading