The BBC’s Sam Bailey has been appointed as the managing director for the new Audio Content Fund. This program, funded by the UK government, will award grants for the production of public service content for commercial radio. Continue Reading
In today’s edition of James Cridland’s Podnews, he makes an interesting comparison. Taking the just-published list of radio’s top advertisers (from Inside Radio), Cridland has the idea of comparing it with Magellan’s recent list of top 15 podcast advertisers Continue Reading
The LadyGang podcast, which started on PodcastOne in 2015, is deepening its relationship with the Norm Pattiz-led platform, to create a network of female-driven programs. The deal is forged as a kind of celebration of the show’s 200th episode, and its success milestones which include a TV show. Continue Reading
The Verge reveals that an Amazon exec (Dave Limp, SVP Devices and Services) disclosed to that publication that over 100-million devices with the Alexa voice-control system have been sold. naturally that includes Echo devices, the Alexa flagships, plus other brands such… Continue Reading
France-based RadioKing, a streaming internet radio platform, has announced its launch of an Alexa skill development program. the idea is to offer stations (broadcast and pureplay internet) a turnkey entrance to voice control on the Amazon Alexa ecosystem of devices. Continue Reading
Drive Time Metrics (DTM), a connected car tech startup, announced that it has been awarded a patent for its core technology which collects, measures, and analyzes in-car media use. After four years in process, the patent positions DTM to provide a key measurements and in-car audience behavior insights to audio publishers such as broadcast radio and music services. Continue Reading
Presenting RAIN’s 6th annual Predictions feature, provided by industry leaders around the world. 2019 will carry forward the audio industry’s reputation for ongoing, disruptive change. Continue Reading
In a new-year press release, Townsquare Media announced that co-CEO Dhruv Prasad will step down and his counterpart, Bill Wilson, will step into the sole CEO role at one of the largest radio groups in the U.S. Wall Street investors appear to like the news. Continue Reading
RAIN’s most important 2018 coverage of research and metrics in digital audio. Continue Reading
The online audio industry was eventful in 2018, especially on the consolidation front. Here are the top M&A events: Continue Reading
Webcast listening in September was 8% higher than the year-ago period, as Spotify widened its upward trend advantage compared to Pandora. This according to Triton Digital’s Top-20 Ranker, a monthly report based on Triton’s Webcast Metrics streaming measurement technology. Continue Reading
Voxnest has released an ambitiously titled State of the Podcast Universe Report, summarizing recent data. It is a meaty summary that includes key metrics from outside sources, and also reveals very interesting internal metrics. Continue Reading