0

Steve Goldstein: AI can make podcasts. But can it make anyone care?

In this edition of Steve Goldstein’s column, he assesses the goods and bads of AI. It can now generate podcasts at industrial scale, he observes. But after hearing what Gen Z thought of AI-generated shows, one thing is clear: making content is easy — making people care is much harder. “AI lowers the cost of making content, but it does nothing by itself to increase the value of that content to a listener or viewer; if anything, it increases the noise.” Continue Reading

0

Law Laggard (Copyright research)

How long does it take for copyright law to catch up with technology? That question heads a new research paper from The Copyright Society, a 1,000-member nonprofit established in 1953. Authored by Bill Rosenblatt and Howie Singer, authers of “Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed the Music Industry, the article offers a fascinating narrative and meticulous footnoting. Continue Reading

0

RAIN Time Travel: May 2016 headlines

In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today — highlights from May 2016. In this month’s edition: Radionomy, SoundCloud, Tidal, the first podcast spike, Podtrac introduces its podcast ranker. streaming revenue breakthrough at Warner, Spotify adds video … and much more. Continue Reading