Today marks the launch of Clipisode, a group video creation app which makes it easy to create crowdsourced group video podcasts. Though not marketed explicitly to radio or podcasters, Clipisode seems ideal for engaging listeners on a parallel platform, and was tested by radio DJs and podcasters. Continue Reading
EmpireStreaming, which owns the Live365 internet radio platform, has partnered with ad-tech company AdsWizz to bring dynamic ad insertion and digital audio management to its client base of small and mid-size webcasters. Continue Reading
AdsWizz announces today an integration with NextRegie, the advertising agency of NextRadioTV in France, to sell digital audio ad inventory programmatically. NextRadioTV owns and operates radio and TV stations. The thrust of this deal is to market podcast ads programmatically. Continue Reading
ABC Radio has announced that it will launch START HERE, a daily morning news podcast, entering a creative niche that is starting to get crowded. It will be a 20-minute show hosted by Brad Mielke and leverages ABC Radio’s deep news resources. Continue Reading
One day after a blizzarding storm dumped feet of snow on the northeast, the RAIN Podcast Business Summit took place at New World Stages in Manhattan, where over 22 speakers and 320 attendees gathered to chart the show’s theme: “The Path to a Billion Dollar Industry.” Continue Reading
Pandora has announced its acquisition of AdsWizz, as the largest music streaming service in the U.S. is set to take over a key digital audio ad-tech company. Continue Reading
In a major addition to its growing portfolio of hosted clients, podcast tech company ART19 has announced that over 100 NBC-owned podcasts are moving to its platform. Specific networks include NBC Sports, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Oxygen and SYFY. Continue Reading
While the Infinite Dial is broadly concerned with listening patterns of American adults and teens, podcasting holds special interest for many online audio stakeholders — creators, distributors, hosting companies, advertising networks, and digital audio advertisers and their agency buyers. The… Continue Reading
iHeartMedia might file for bankruptcy as soon as this weekend, according to multiple reports, and Liberty Media disclosed that it has already acquired some of the debt that it wishes to. Liberty’s Q4 earnings call yesterday provided timely information. Continue Reading
After many hints, signals, and seeming delays, Spotify has filed for a public listing on the New York Stock Exchange, for one-billion dollars. Spotify will trade on the NYSE as the ticker symbol SPOT. As expected, this is a “direct listing,” so there is no established share price. Public trading will start at a date to be set. Continue Reading
Liberty Media, majority owner of Sirius XM and minority owner of Pandora, has offered a term sheet that would grant it ownership of a 40% stake in iHeartMedia for $1.159 billion. This move is an eleventh-hour deal in reaction to iHeartMedia’s difficult financial situation. It also isn’t the first time Liberty has broached a last-minute audio investment. Continue Reading
“I’ve now been at Pandora for almost five months,” CEO Roger Lynch stated to open yesterday’s Q4 earnings call. It was the first earning summary for the still-new chief executive with a full quarter of leadership behind him. “Having had a chance to dig in, I’m even more excited about the opportunity.” Key finance metrics, and a focus on the subscription services. Continue Reading