RAIN Notes: January 24
— Loss (Gary Krantz)
— A Lot of Newness (Instreamatic)
— Virtual Goods and Bads (Virtually Parkinson Podcast)
Author: Brad Hill
RAIN Notes: January 22
— A Passion For Building (SoundStack / John Morris)
— How Audiences Differ (Sounds Profitable)
— Lacking The Buzz? (Virtually Parkinson Podcast)
— At The Vanguard (Miami MusicTech) Continue Reading
Most daily audio listening is at home, but declining post-Covid (Edison Research)
In a newly released chart, Edison Research illustrates new research findings about daily audio listening. The key point is that daily listening in the home showed a second consecutive year of decline. This trend follows a Covid spike of in-home listening that peaked in 2022. Click for detail and the Edison chart. Continue Reading
Digital audio & Podcast ad revenue set for 2025 growth … but reduced (IAB)
Advertisers will spend increase podcast ad spending, but at a lower rate than a year ago. This projection comes from the IAB’s 2025 Outlook: A Snapshot into Ad Spend, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth. The IAB asserts that this report “provides critical insights into what’s ahead for audio advertising and podcasts.” Click for numbers and the IAB chart. Continue Reading
On-demand audio streaming steadily rising in U.S. (Luminate)
We follow yesterday’s introduction to the 2024 Year-End Music Report, with a second piece of coverage. In the first part we learned how U.S. audio influences global streaming metrics, and also how independent distribution dominates “Major Distribution.” Today we cover more ground in the 90-page report. Click for details and illustrations. Continue Reading
Double digit growth of 2024 streaming; U.S. lags non-U.S. (Luminate)
Entertainment analytics company Luminate released its 2024 Year-End Music Report, a global analysis of fan behavior and consumption metrics across all types of listening. We dig in for part one of detailed coverage. Continue Reading
Amaze Media Labs releases Audiencelife v2; redesign and new capabilities
Branded podcast producer and brand consultancy Amaze Media Labs notifies us that Audiencelift 2.0 has been released — the latest iteration of the company’s podcast growth platform. Click for the details and development history. Continue Reading
Podcasts among most memorable sources of election discussions (Edison Research)
In a notably exacting survey goal, Edison Research queried U.S. survey subjects about which platforms they recalled using to hear discussions about the recent U.S. presidential election. Continue Reading
Vimeo perseveres over major labels in copyright lawsuit with DMCA decision
Video/audio streaming site Video has prevailed in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by major music labels Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music. This is not the first time Vimeo has tangled with labels over the same issue, as RAIN reported in 2016 in Capital Records vs. Vimeo. The fulcrum in both cases is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), enacted in 1998.
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RAIN Notes: January 14
— Equitable Coverage (iHeartMedia)
— A The Vanguard (Miami MusicTech 2025)
— CES + AI = Webinar (Jacobs Media
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RAIN Notes: January 13
— Tenure (The Podglomerate)
— Yet Another (E.B. Moss)
— The Biz of Bizzy Audiences (Sounds Profitable)
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Daniel Ek reportedly adds $27M to series of SPOT cash-outs
We learn from Music Business Worldwide that Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek has cashed $27.8 million in Spotify stock (SPOT). While an interesting observation, the cash trade does not imply any negative sentiment. Click for info and the stock chart. Continue Reading