RAIN Notes: January 12
A win for podcast emails – Beehiv
Tease – Amy Poehler Continue Reading
Author: Brad Hill
The Podcast Academy: New leadership “at a pivotal moment”
The Podcast Academy has named an Executive Director: It is Ami Thakkar Raval. Thakker is known for her podcast, Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar(HERE) ), which has been in production since 2017, and has served a broad spectrum of roles over across many sectors over a dozen years. Click for details. Continue Reading
December podcast production drops 28% to 12-month low (Listen Notes)
In the 12-month measurement at Listen Notes, new podcast production took a sizable step downward (28%) in December 2025 compared to November of last year. Further, the November measurement represents the lowest podcast production of the 12-month period. Click for more metrics. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 8
Award time – iHeartMedia
Podcasts before – Arielle Nissenblatt
Happy 10th – True Native Media Continue Reading
Spotify broadens its partner program, widening requirements
Spotify Partner Program, launched a year ago is widening its participation requirements, intending to bring in more podcasters. Three new criteria now define who can get in. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 7
From CES – Jacobs Media
AI partnership – UMG & Nvidia
Driving the next chapter – Molly DeMellier Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 6
The comeback of Rock – Alan Cross
The disappearance of leaders – Charleen Li Continue Reading
AM/FM “solace” for Canadian listeners
Canadian media/data company Numeris has released its AM/FM Radio Listening study for winter 2025. The word “solace” is interestingly used to describe Canadians’ use of in-home radio during the cold season. Click for metrics, graphs, and the download link. Continue Reading
Steve Goldstein: Podcasting 2026: The Ups and Downs of Audio in 2025
An even dozen. That’s the number of key developments in audio last year. “In 2025, the story wasn’t just about growth. It was about acceleration, convergence, and mounting pressure on long-standing models, metrics, and assumptions.” We are delighted to run Steve Goldstein’s first guest column of 2026, and look forward to many more. Continue Reading
RAIN Time Travel: January 2016 headlines
In this monthly feature, we look back one decade to January 2016, and revisit selected headlines. Click any item to visit the article. Happy decade surfing. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: December 23
Back to (New) Normal – Edison Research
Car/AM Predictions (AI) – NAB Continue Reading
New study lowers value expectation of YouTube for podcast advertising
Released on the cusp of the new year, a new study from podcast advertising agency Oxford Road seeks to debunk any assumption that YouTube simulcasting of podcasts is necessarily more effective than original audio for advertisers. Continue Reading