Today at the Podcast Movement conference Libsyn announced that its hosted podcasts can now easily integrate with iHeartRadio. At the same time, Libsyn has updated its producer analytics tool to measure listenership in each of a podcast’s distributed destinations. Continue Reading
AdsWizz took advantage of this week’s Podcast Movement conference in Chicago, and the resulting intense focus on podcasting, to announce PodWave — the first podcast-specific advertising marketplace. National Public Media is the launch partner. Continue Reading
Podcast listening measurement is a notorious problem — depending on who you ask. Some network owners perform their own analytics, and drive business forward based on them. But advertisers want to bring order to podcasting, so they can better measure the opportunity. Continue Reading
Guest columnist Glenn Peoples offers a case study analyzing why online radio can be a better exposure market than traditional radio for certain crossover artists. Continue Reading
Data measurement and analysis company BuzzAngle is making waves with the release of its United States 2016 Mid-Year Music Report (PDF here), released on Tuesday. On-demand audio streaming more than doubled year-over-year. Continue Reading
Belize-based Global Interactive Media has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sirius XM. The action was filed in a U.S. District Court in Illinois. It is the latest in a long string of lawsuits over how music information is displayed online. Continue Reading
In 2016 the RAIN Internet Radio Awards celebrate their 7th year as the most prestigious celebration of excellence in the online audio industry. Click through for categories, and the submission link. It’s easy, and it’s free. Continue Reading
Podcast company Blubrry and technology firm StreamGuys are today announcing a partnership which turns Blubrry podcasts into internet radio streams. The option, which is offered to all Blubrry-hosted podcasters, is called Podcast2Radio. If that name sounds familiar, there’s a reason for it. Continue Reading
In the midst of Guvera’s precipitous contraction in the last month, during which is was blocked from launching an IPO in the Australian market and closed the service in half of its operating territories, founder Claes Loberg says everybody misunderstands. In a video called “This Is Guvera” (see it below this article), Loberg holds forth on the service’s founding purpose. Continue Reading
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Many old guard radio shows are leaving the public airwaves these days. One, Michael Feldman’s Whad’ya Know variety-quiz show, was abruptly cancelled by Wisconsin Public Radio, Feldman is making the leap to podcasting, hoping to continue a 31-year-old brand and migrate its audience. Continue Reading
Does Pandora or Radio Pay Better Royalty Rates to Songwriters and Music Publishers? Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora, crunches the numbers and makes an important distinction between the one-to-one nature of Pandora “spins” and the one-to-many broadcast model. Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Justice has completed its much anticipated two-year review of consent decrees — decades-old laws which govern how ASCAP and BMI are permitted to license music on behalf of songwriters, composers, and publishers. The bottom line: No change, and a blow to the two major performing rights organizations (PROs) which have lobbied for more flexible control of rights management, especially in the streaming era. Continue Reading