Rumors have been swirling for some time that Apple might turn to commissioning original podcasts. Most of the speculation hinted that exclusive titles would further entice listeners to the Apple Podcasts platform, but the latest insider information indicates a secondary goal for any original programming. Continue Reading
Mixcloud launched a new in-house brand consultancy called Loud. The new operation will have a multi-disciplinary team that helps companies to develop their ideas. Continue Reading
Merlin, the independent label network and rights organization, has signed a licensing deal with the short-form video platform TikTok. This multi-territory agreement will make Merlin’s repertoire of indie music available for legal use by any users of the social app. Continue Reading
Google Podcasts is one of the newer listening platforms, and it has been making adjustments to the experience since launch. The latest beta test of the app includes sharing by timestamp. Continue Reading
Amazon Music announced that it has more than 55 million customers globally in its streaming music network. That growth includes a more than 50% increase in Amazon Music Unlimited subscriptions during 2019. Continue Reading
Omny Studio, a subsidiary of Triton Digital, has entered a new partnership with Podchaser, a podcast discovery and database platform. This deal will allow Omny Studio clients to apply Podchaser tags within the Omny tools. Continue Reading
Audioboom released a trading update with a snapshot of its results from 2019. The audio company saw revenue grow 91% from the previous year for a total of $22.2 million. The business also saw its brand advertiser count grow 75%. Continue Reading
The latest financial update from 7digital finds the B2B music provider on track to meet its 2019 expectations and see a full recovery in 2020. Thanks to new and renewed contracts and stable revenue for its direct-to-consumer content, 7digital expects to see an operational profit in the first half of 2020. Continue Reading
The BBC will soon have new leadership. Tony Hall will step down as the venerable UK broadcaster’s director general this summer, ending a seven-year tenure. “If I followed my heart I would genuinely never want to leave,” Hall said of his difficult decision to exit. Continue Reading
Sonos announced that it will be ending updates and support for some of its older products. The company said in a blog post that it will no longer create software updates for several models that it launched before 2010. Continue Reading
RAJAR has released the winter 2019 results from its Midas survey, an assessment of how the UK audience consumes audio content. Live radio continues to be a dominating force in the UK’s audio diet. Voice-activated speakers are helping connect more audiences to live radio, which was responsible for 67% of all listening done on the hardware. Continue Reading
With podcasts on track to be commanding a cool billion dollars in ad revenue, the fight to be the leading listening platform will only be getting more intense. This year kicked off with multiple reports from difference sources with their own datasets about which service is the biggest. James Cridland of Podnews gave his take on how to reconcile the different assessments Continue Reading