In two weeks, RAIN’s Digital Audio Advertising Summit will present its third annual event in Chicago, one of the country’s most important advertising markets. Click through for speakers, agenda, and information about special deals. Continue Reading
We read in Podnews about an independently produced report on the state of podcasting in France. The document surveys current metrics of podcast listening, audience demographics, and the industry’s challenges and opportunities. Continue Reading
Podcast company Stitcher grew its revenue “nearly 40%” in a year, according to the first-quarter earnings call of parent company Scripps. The hit show Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend was called out. Continue Reading
ART19 has announced its completion of the Interactive Advertising Bureau certification for podcast measurement compliance with the IAB’s audience measurement standards. Continue Reading
Taking a feature that was previously available only on Android phones, Google has launched playable podcast search results in desktop web searches. This feature marks an important new milestone in Google’s strategic vision of helping to double podcast listening. Putting… Continue Reading
Digital audio advertising platform Targetspot has opened a new office in Atlanta, and hired Joshua Sermons as new Sales Director South East. Sermons comes from Katz Radio Group. Continue Reading
RadioPublic has launched what might be called a venture capital company for podcasters: PodFund, which starts with seed investment of $2.3-million. It claims to be the first dedicated source of funding for podcasters. Continue Reading
AdsWizz has announced that Bauer Media is the first European audio publisher to be certified in the AdsWizz Digital Audio Advertising Accreditation program, which was launched in January. Also, AdsWizz won two industry awards this week. Continue Reading
Rhapsody announces a partnership with MQA, an audio technology company which creates high-resolution audio in file sizes small enough to stream, to offer high-quality audio in its white-label “Powered by Napster” business. High-resolution audio now joins a suite of technologies that companies can use to build audio streaming into their consumer-facing businesses. Continue Reading
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released its annual Internet Advertising Annual Report. In it, the accounting for digital audio advertising showed an escalation of 23% from 2017 to 2018, with revenue growing from $1.8-billion to $2.3-billion. Continue Reading
Podcast app Luminary has partly repaired one of the rockiest startup launches we’ve ever witnessed by correcting a number of criticisms. “We now fully understand the ramifications of those decisions and we apologize for our short-sightedness. ” Continue Reading
From iHeartMedia’s publicity department comes news that Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia, the nation’s largest commercial radio group and second-largest podcast publisher, is starting a podcast. It’s called Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. Click through for an introductory audio clip. Continue Reading