RAIN 2018 highlights: Research & Metrics
RAIN’s most important 2018 coverage of research and metrics in digital audio. Continue Reading
Author: Brad Hill
RAIN 2018 highlights: Industry Acquisitions
The online audio industry was eventful in 2018, especially on the consolidation front. Here are the top M&A events: Continue Reading
Webcast Metrics in September: +8% year-over-year as Spotify widens lead
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 releases a year-end report with interesting metrics
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
NPR’s RAD measurement is released as open source; pushes for podcast listens as key metric
In a milestone that potentially moves the podcast measurement needle away from downloads and toward listens, NPR has formally launched RAD (Remote Audio Data). It has been in development for a year, supported by a broad consortium of podcast hosting and content companies. Continue Reading
Tom Taylor retiring, NOW Newsletter ending Dec. 21
For years, radio professionals have started their day by reading Tom Taylor NOW Newsletter, delivered promptly at 4:00am (ET). After December 21, that habit could be a memory. In today’s edition of NOW (December 11) entitled A Radio Goodbye, Tom Taylor announced his retirement, and the final edition of the newsletter. But is it really the end? Continue Reading
Australian radio leaders predict for 2019
Diversification and digitization were the twin keynotes for Australian radio in 2018, according to Josh McDonnell writing in AdNews. There, he presents predictions from leaders in Australia’s biggest radio groups Nova Entertainment, Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), Macquarie Media, iHeartRadio Australia & Asia, and trade group for the Aussie radio industry Commercial Radio Australia (CRA). Continue Reading
Google seeks to reinvent smart-speaker news for its Assistant platform
Google is reinventing a standard feature in smart speakers: the news update. Made famous by Amazon Echo’s “Flash Briefing,” Google’s version is invoked by “Play the news.” The initiative would bring the vast news collection capability of Google News into the voice activation realm. Continue Reading
DAX signs to represent “Something You Should Know” for OmniCast Media
Digital audio advertising company DAX announces today that it has landed an exclusive agreement to distribute and represent popular podcast Something You Should Know for OmniCast Media. The show is hosted by OmniCast co-founders Ken Williams and Mike Carruthers. Continue Reading
Apple’s most-downloaded podcasts of 2018
Apple owns an estimated 60% of podcast consumption. 2018 was the first year that the dominant distribution platform provided consumption metrics to producers. Accordingly, the company has release the top 25 most-downloaded podcasts of the year. Continue Reading
Spending growth will lift India to top-10 ad market; radio participating and digitizing
The Indian advertising market is projected to surge 46% between 2018 and 2021, according to research from Publicis Groupe’s media agency Zenith. Radio is participating in that projected growth, with an added note about digitization of radio, and across all categories. Continue Reading
iHeartRadio makes Christmas playlists embeddable
iHeartRadio sent around a notice today that its house-curated Christmas lists are shareable via embed codes, meaning that they can be placed into websites. Click through to see (and hear) one in action. Continue Reading