Adding to our takeover newsletter coverage yesterday of The Infinite Dial 2020, we will indulge in some pinpoint recognition of interesting results. Listening in the car is a key part of the Infinite Dial package. We noticed that “owned music” enjoyed the greatest growth as the audio source used most often in the car. Um, why? Continue Reading
Australia-based podcast tech company Whooshkaa is announcing what is calls “free Professional podcast packages for schools from kindergarten to year 12, across Australia and right around the world.” A partnership with microphone maker RODE aims to create total solutions including hardware, software, and distribution. The idea is to keep teachers connected with students and parents in what might be called an era of quarantine. Continue Reading
Podcast Radio, the London all-podcast DAB station, sent us a note announcing it is giving over three hours a day to Health Info Radio, a coronavirus-focused DAB multiplex station. Podcast Radio will link into it 10am, 1pm, and 5pm London time each day. Continue Reading
In Statista’s Digital Music Worldwide study, global revenue in the digital music segment is projected to be $14.3-billion in 2020, rising to nearly $17-billion in 2024. In this study, “digital music” is defined as must which is heard or… Continue Reading
As podcast aspire crossover to TV and films, a key Hollywood film production company plans its crossover to podcasts. Cavalry Media, founded by Dana Brunetti, has announced a launch slate of podcasts for the Cavalry Audio division. Continue Reading
eMarketer has released original research showing that Spotify serves more U.S. listeners than Pandora (a U.S.-only streamer) does. This info catches up with Spotify’s U.S. ascendancy in stream listening, as charted by RAIN’s tracking of Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics. Continue Reading
In a day when baseball, basketball, hockey, Disney, schools and many other cultural institutions were suspended, yesterday also brought an announcement closer to RAIN home: Edison Research and Triton Digital have canceled the first live-audience presentation of The Infinite Dial, the annual public snapshot of American listening. The webinar is a go; click through for the registration link. Continue Reading
A frightening audio commercial for the movie’s sequel wasn’t expected to play during the “Classical Lullabies” playlist on Spotify. At least, the mother who was soothing her young child didn’t expect it. Ad targeting gone awry? A poorly classified playlist? Or was it the sponsor’s fault? Continue Reading
RAIN published our annual Predictions feature in the first week of January. We challenged participants to predict a key metric in the RIAA 2019 report of streaming music revenue. Alexis van de Wyer and Steve Pratt were both right to a half percentage point. Continue Reading
Audio tech company Veritone is announcing a change to its aiWARE product, expanding its podcast classification system to align with IAB’s category map. According to Veritone’s promotion, this change further automates podcast content tagging and metadata assignment. that, in turn, makes podcasts easier to sell to advertisers. Continue Reading
Westwood One released its 2020 Audioscape, a roundup of listening and device-use trends from Q3 of Share of Ear — an ongoing subscription research project produced by Edison Research. Continue Reading
On Monday the U.S. stock market underwent its biggest percentage drop since 2008, involving the biggest point decline ever. We looked at eight important audio stocks to see how they fared. They all dropped, but the range of damage might be surprising. Continue Reading