Crooked Media to launch four shows in spring/summer lineup
Crooked Media announced its new show lineup for spring and summer of 2020. The politics-focused network is putting out four new podcasts in the coming months. Continue Reading
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Spotify hires Kevin Weatherly for programming role in North America
Spotify has hired Kevin Weatherly as its head of North American programming. Weatherly was previously a senior vice president of programming at Entercom. Continue Reading
Audible launches audiobook promo campaign for Australia/New Zealand
Audible is running a new promotional campaign in Australia/New Zealand aimed at encouraging more people to pick up audiobooks. The campaign has tapped some popular local celebrities to tout audiobooks as a way to keep up with their ‘to-read’ lists even when they lead busy lives. Continue Reading
Pex acquires Dubset in digital rights management deal
Pex, an analytics and digital rights management company, has acquired Dubset Media Holdings. Dubset offers tools for DJs and other creators to identify the audio used in mixes and remixes, and to secure the rights for their use. Continue Reading
Edison Research: 75% of Americans are now familiar with podcasting
Tom Webster, senior vice president at Edison Research, presented data yesterday at the RAIN Podcast Business Summit. The slides covered results from several Edison research projects: Share of Ear, Podcast Consumer, and The Infinite Dial, reflecting the latest snapshots of podcast listening in the U.S. Continue Reading
MIDiA Research: Streaming was 56% of the $21.5 billion in global music revenue for 2019
MIDiA Research shared its report on the global music industry for 2019. According to its figures, global recorded music revenue reached $21.5 billion, with 11.4% growth bringing the sector to a fifth consecutive year of growth. Continue Reading
Entercom announces retirement for COO Weezie Kramer
Entercom Communications announced a big change in its C-suite leadership. The media and entertainment company’s Chief Operating Officer Weezie Kramer will retire later this year. She will be succeeded by Susan Larkin, who will assume the COO post effective May 5. Continue Reading
ESPN Audio to rep podcast ad sales for ABC Audio
ABC Audio and ESPN Audio have entered a partnership for podcast ads. Under their agreement, the ESPN Audio ad sales team will represent the ABC Audio podcast network. ABC Audio joins FiveThirtyEight, National Geographic, and ESPN’s own network as ad sales clients. Continue Reading
Chartable debuts incremental lift analytics for podcast ads
Chartable has introduced a new function for its analytics suite called incremental lift. This tool for podcast advertisers can measure the impact of how an advertisement performs against a control group customized to the campaign. Continue Reading
Triton integrates its ad server with media sales solution from Dutch DBSgroep
Triton Digital announced a new integration with DBSgroep, a leader in Dutch audio media sales. With this arrangement, DBSgroep’s RTVPLAN media sales solution has been integrated with the Triton Advertising Server. Continue Reading
Podcast Radio lands content deal with Radio New Zealand
Podcast Radio, the UK-based all-podcast radio station, has entered a new content partnership with Radio New Zealand. Under the terms of their agreement, Podcast Radio will be able to broadcast sample episodes of seven podcasts from RNZ. Continue Reading
Bytedance launches standalone music streaming service Resso in India
Chinese conglomerate Bytedance, which owns the popular video app TikTok, is moving forward with a standalone music streaming service. The platform is called Resso. The “social music streaming app” is debuting in India. Continue Reading