In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today — highlights from April 2016. In this review we see streaming expand around the world, and many other signs of progress. Happy decade surfing. Musicians… Continue Reading
OpenAI, parent company of ChatGPT and other AI creations, has acquired TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network), a startup founded last year by Jordin Hays and John Coogan. Continue Reading
Audio technology and advertising management company Skyview has been purchased by Steve Jones, who has been President/CEO for seven yers. Continuity is emphasized. Continue Reading
— Parallel moves (iHeartMedia)
— Grading season (Podnews) Continue Reading
Right on schedule, History Daily has released its annual April Fools episode. This year, in what we regard as comedic genius, expert historians uncovered leading podcast advertisers in 1572. The episode is freely available on Spotify. Click for link. Continue Reading
The Radio industry Association of America (RIAA), the 74 year-old trade association of the record industry, has released its 2025 year-end revenue report. It delivers a concise review of total recorded music revenue and its components. Continue Reading
Audio/video streaming, podcasting and analytics company StreamGuys has started a new audio advertising service called SGcreative. Partnering in this venture is Nueva Network, a media company which specializes in targeting the U.S. Hispanic market. Nueva reaches about 600 radio stations… Continue Reading
— A unified experience (iHeartMedia)
— Celebration (Canadian Junos) Continue Reading
The ChatGPT advertising platform has reached a notable milestone: $100,000,000 (one hundred million dollars) in annualized revenue. OpenAI launched that ad platform as a test in February, and the proprietors are presumably pleased with the quick start. Continue Reading
Research studies abound, measuring who listens to podcasts and how they listen. Much of that output is organized and presented by eminent audio researcher and Sounds Profitable partner Tom Webster. Such it is with the recently released presentation The Last Quarter: Understanding America’s Podcast Holdouts. The information in this package derives from a 2025 survey (“The Podcast Landscape 2025”) of over five thousand respondents. Continue Reading
New phases and hidden risks — two podcast thinkers lay out divergent visions of podcasting.
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Attorney and digital media expert David Oxenford has published his annual cautionary note to broadcasters regarding April Fools tomfoolery. There is a law against announcing a fake emergency. Continue Reading