The Infinite Dial survey has been growing its international footprint, with the latest set of information about audio consumption habits coming out of Germany. RTL Radio Deutschland commissioned Edison Research to complete the study, which found heavy usage of radio and audio platforms across ages and devices in the country. Continue Reading
Targetspot has entered a new audio ad sales partnership with Deezer. With this deal, Targetspot will be the exclusive source for purchasing the audio inventory for the streaming service in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, and Italy. Continue Reading
Podcast hosting and ad tech specialist Megaphone has hired a new CFO. Cameron D. Jones joins the company in this finance role, where he will oversee the business’ risk management, accounting, business analytics, and more. He comes from REVOLT TV & Media. Continue Reading
Amazon has been bringing its Alexa voice assistant to a global audience, and now it is launching an option to better serve the diverse U.S. audience. Starting today, Alexa can speak Spanish in the U.S. Continue Reading
Two independent music distributors have entered a partnership with China’s Tencent Music Entertainment. The deal means that TuneCore and CD Baby can bring their clients’ work to audiences the huge Chinese audience. Continue Reading
Apple is now hosting some musical rivals on its set-top box. This week, the Apple TV received apps for both Spotify and Amazon Music. Continue Reading
Nielsen released a report examining audio trends among black and Latinx consumers. These combined groups represent about a third of the U.S. radio audience ages 12 and up in 2019, with weekly radio reach hitting 32.7 million black Americans and 43.2 million Latinx this year. Continue Reading
DAX U.S., a branch of UK media and tech company Global, announced a new partnership with Frequency, which self-describes as the first “creative management company.” The deal will offer data-driven dynamic audio advertising for DAX clients, providing them with personalized ad creative based on real-time data and an individual’s listening history. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia has entered a partnership aimed at producing fictional podcasts to potentially become film and television projects. The deal is with Blumhouse Productions, a company best known for its horror titles such as Glass and The Purge. Continue Reading
Pandora released a report about Latinx listeners, exploring both their music consumption trends and how they identify with different aspects of American and Hispanic culture. With 58.9 million Hispanics living in the United States, representing 18% of the total population, this community is deeply engaged with music and commands a large potential audience for advertisers. Continue Reading
Apple made a definite shift in its media approach with the latest updates to macOS, and its new mobile software is also showing signs of a different perspective. While the Mac update’s audio focus was in streaming, the most recent version of iOS brings more third-party access to the Siri voice assistant. Continue Reading
Shazam’s financial filings from 2018 revealed how the company grew ahead of its finalized acquisition by Apple. Through the 2018 calendar year, the audio identification platform had 478 million annual active users. Continue Reading