After a five-year run without missing a week, radio futurologist James Cridland has ended his weekly “Radio Tomorrow” column in the RadioInfo trade publication. The final column (“Goodbye and Keep Listening”) serves as an announcement and farewell to readers. Continue Reading
NPR has announced the hire of AI expert Noelle LaCharite as Vice President of Digital Technology. NPR’s Chief digital Officer Thomas Hjelm made the announcement. LaCharite has been an artificial intelligence expert at Microsoft and Amazon, and is a veteran speaker, teacher, and digital product developer. Continue Reading
NPR has announced the second Student Podcast Challenge, an opportunity for kids and teachers in grades 5-12 to create and submit new shows. The first year resulted in 6,000 submitted shows from teams representing 25,000 students. Continue Reading
Audioboom is announcing today its fall podcast lineup. It includes three new originals and one renewed show for its third season. Continue Reading
Audion, the French tech-oriented podcast monetization startup, is announcing today that it raised approximately $1.2-billion (1.1 Euros). Founders Future, Kimo Venture and other angel investors are sourcing the money. Continue Reading
The annual Canadian Podcast Listener Report, produced by Audience Insights and sponsored by TPX (The Podcast Exchange), debuted the 2019 edition at RAIN Summit Canada last week. The results were presented by Jeff Vidler (President, Audience Insights) and Jeff Ulster… Continue Reading
Podcast technology company ART19 sent out a notice today describing results of a podcast audience ad targeting study, conducted by audio intelligence company Veritonic. the purpose was to test effectiveness, as defined by recall, relevancy, and intent/likelihood to purchase. The upshot is that targeting did increase recall and effectiveness, and the lift increased with more precise targeting. Continue Reading
Digital audio advertising technology platform has announced its entry into podcast hosting. The extension of the company’s core business seems natural enough. Details are spare at this point, and the hosting platform seems to be a complementary component to the Targetspot Podcast Marketplace, announced a year ago. Continue Reading
Triton Digital has launched the Australian Podcast Ranker, the first of a (presumed) series of podcast reports. The first edition of the Australian Podcast Ranker, which will be released in four-week reporting periods, starts with shows representing a few of Australia’s top audio publishers. Continue Reading
The Wondery podcast network continues its multi-region expansion, most recently in a new partnership with Ranieri and Co, which will represent Wondery podcasts to the Australian and New Zealand buying markets. Ranieri was founded by Rob Ranieri and Nick Randall. the company produces shows in addition to representing podcasts. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia is deepening its relationship with Hollywood/podcast star Will Ferrell, joining to launch Big Money Players Network, a nascent podcast network for comedy shows. The new enterprise plans to release 10 new shows in the next two years, and follows the success of “The Ron Burgundy Podcast,” an iHeartRadio original production. Continue Reading
In an interesting deal announced today, podcast tech/advertising company Voxnest is partnering with book distribution company StreetLib, to facilitate podcasters as book authors, and authors as podcasters. Your first question might be “How?” as was ours, and details are not… Continue Reading