Alex Cooper adds advertising agency to her Unwell Network
Highly-ranked podcast host Alex Cooper has enlarged her business empire with the launch of a new component f her Unwell Network, called Unwell Ad Agency. Google is a partner. Continue Reading
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Global launches video podcast studio via acquisition
UK-based Global has raised its game in podcasting with the acquisition of The Fellas Studios, a video-specialty podcast production house whose founding mission is “transforming what has traditionally been an audio-only format into a dynamic video experience.” Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: October 7, 2025
— Celebration and expansion / The Black Effect Podcast Network
— It’s not about size / Veritonic
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RAIN Notes: October 6, 2025
— A most ambitious ranker / University of St. Andrews
— Core strength / MIDiA Research
— Taylor Swift fails miserably to beat first-day streaming record / Spotify
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RAIN Time Travel: October 2015 headlines
In the first of a new monthly feature, we look back one decade to October 2015, and revisit selected headlines. Click any item to visit the article. Happy decade surfing. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: October 2, 2025
TDirect Injection Podroll
Tops CoHost
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Daniel Ek plans transition from Spotify CEO; replacement(s) will still report to him
Whether intentionally timed to coincide with International Podcast Day or not, today’s news from Spotify is that CEO Daniel Ek will step aside. He will be replaced by two urrent execs, in a dual leadership arrangement — they also get loaded into the Board of Directors. Click for the details. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: September 26, 2025
Three-way partnership Twit TV
Surreality Joe Copeman
Getting out of the way 25th Hour Group (Neil Schore)
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Spotify strengthens AI rules and filters
“Music has always been shaped by technology,” Spotify observes in a recent update of its work to control AI music submissions. The pace of generative AI music creation and submission has motivated the company to detail its recent efforts to keep the service’s music authorship honest and human. Spotify details three primary initiatives to control the use, and limit the misuse, of AI-generated audio. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: September 24, 2025
Post-acquisition Promotion Audioboom
Acquiring Daylight Qcode
New Chapter Lindsay Adams
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Mobile device vs AM/FM receiver: Listening choice depends on urban/rural breakout (Edison Research)
The question is broad: How do Americans 13+ listen to audio? Edison Research frames that question as a comparison of two options: Mobile device AM/FM receiver In addition, there is a geographic breakout which measures Edison’s survey results in three… Continue Reading
Media’s most personal format gets AI-ified (Inception Point AI launch)
It’s a collision of values. The pride of podcasting is its personality. The value of AI is its automated replicability. Unstoppable force meets immovable object. That’s one way to frame the launch of Inception Point AI, a podcast creation machine which reportedly produces 3,000 podcast episodes per week. Click for details and public indusry reactions. Continue Reading