At ATS New York this week, Spotify’s Head of Programmatic Solutions, Jana Jakovljevic, said that Spotify has started opening up its private programmatic solution to buyers. RAIN News confirmed with Spotify that the company is indeed launching its programmatic platform. Continue Reading
PodcastOne has announced that star podcast host Adam Carolla has re-signed with the network in a five-year deal of exclusive ad sales and marketing. Terms were not disclosed in the announcement, but agreement extends across the Carolla Digital suite of programs. New shows are in the works, too. Continue Reading
Online radio listening platform AccuRadio has crossed the line to profitability, a business journey sought by many music services and achieved by few. The company, founded by Kurt Hanson in 2000, was profiled in Crain’s Chicago Business. Continue Reading
Starting today, Marketron is rolling out its Mediascape Marketplace programmatic ad purchasing solution to 2,900 stations. The company is calling the platform “the first working programmatic exchange for radio.” Continue Reading
Six-month old DGital Media announces today that it is joining with Stand Up NY Labs to create a humor podcast network called Comedy Voices. Adding weight to this initiative, DGital Media has hired John McDermott as VP of Programming for Comedy Voices. Continue Reading
Pandora announced today that it will be the “exclusive streaming partner” for the second season of hit podcast Serial. In 2016 the agreement will extend to This American Life, the public radio program which distributes its shows as on-demand podcasts, and which is the creator of Serial. Continue Reading
James Cridland Weekly Links is a column by the U.K.’s radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: This week’s edition is dominated by RAJAR ratingsof U.K. radio and podcast stories. Also, worlds collide; the ever-controversial Audials, and the Belfast Media Festival. Plus much more. Continue Reading
Radical.FM, a distinctive online radio service that allows multi-genre mixing, has temporarily shut down the service to concentrate its resources on an upcoming launch of TALK, a new broadcast feature. TALK will allow real-time voice injection to RadCasting, Radical’s new station broadcasting function. Continue Reading
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The weekly update of the streaming audio industry, from RAIN News. The weekly update of the streaming audio industry, from RAIN News. The weekly update of the streaming audio industry, from RAIN News. THIS WEEK: Sirius XM earnings and quotes; Beats 1 might spawn numbered children; Deezer and Google bring on the podcasts; RAJAR quarterly numbers; more. Continue Reading
British investment firm Edison Investment Research posted a research note claiming that Apple is developing spinoff stations to complement Beats 1 (e.g. Beats 2, 3, 4, etc.). The note bearishly targets Pandora, and we offer a more balanced reality. Continue Reading
Radio Everyone, a “pop-up radio station” designed as an education and awareness project to promote United Nations Global Goals, has concluded its run with an impressive reach: 250-million listeners in 117 countries. Continue Reading
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The announcement from Google that it would add podcasts to its Play Music interactive music service shines a light into the gloomy and under-competitive realm of podcast discovery in Android devices. But it’s a relatively dim ray of light compared to the bold discovery paths that Apple provides to its audio users. Continue Reading