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
Stream listening slipped about 4% month-over-month in June, according to the Triton Digital Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker. Pandora, leader of the pack, dropped three percent from March, at just over 2-million average active sessions. Continue Reading
Findings from The Canadian Podcast Listener 2019 show that podcasts can help advertisers unlock this attractive audience. On-demand consumers have a marked affinity with podcasts, with weekly users of digital on-demand media indexing well above traditional media for being monthly podcast listeners. Continue Reading
If you need a scorecard to tell the players, here it is: Stitcher is the podcast network, home of the Bill Simmons Podcast, Freakonomics Radio, My Favorite Murder, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, and about 250 more shows. The Stitcher app… Continue Reading
Podtrac released the September edition of its Top 10 Podcast Publishers list. (See below.) Podtrac notes that month-over-month reach gained one percent, while the year-over-year metric was 64% increase in unique listeners. NPR and iHeartRadio trade positions again. Kast Media enters the top-10 group. Continue Reading
The Pho media/law email list tipped us to a web app which purports to block radio commercials and DJ talk between song sets. Called Adblock Radio, the renegade mission statement is “We improve your radio experience.” Proclaiming itself as the… Continue Reading
We received a rundown of the Experience Momentum event at the Park Hyatt in New York, produced by Skyview Networks to show off its audio opportunities for advertisers. There were speakers, music, and at least one key business announcement. Continue Reading
Podcast discovery is thought by some (not by others) to be a persistent problem inhibiting podcast listening growth. Problematic or not, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has unleashed a new tool for finding your next favorite show. It is simple and fun. Continue Reading
In the latest of its analyses of the Voxnest Audience Network, Voxnest has laid out a snapshot of top-earning podcast categories. The Voxnest Audience Network (VAN) represents 138-million monthly plays (streams and downloads). The top-earning category? Sports. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia is taking advantage of International Podcast Day (which is today) to announce the return of the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. Second year for this event, which is staged at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles. The date is Friday, January 17. The glamour event will be broadcast and streamed live on iHM properties nationwide. Continue Reading
Nearly 200 attendees from 110 companies jammed into the Monet Room of the Hilton Anatole in Dallas for RAIN Summit Dallas, a co-located prelude to the Radio Show. As in previous years, RAIN’s event took a deep dive into the most progressive aspects of digital radio, podcasting, programmatic audio advertising, and smart speakers. Continue Reading
In September of this year Delta Airlines announced that it was adding Spotify podcasts to the Delta Studio inflight Entertainment System. We checked it out on our flight to RAIN Summit Dallas and the radio show this week. Continue Reading