Webcast listening in September moved up 6% from August numbers, according to Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker, released today. Pandora and Spotify both enjoyed listening gains during September. Click for historical charts from 2009 to the present. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Europe was held on Monday of this week, at The Royal Institution. Thirty speakers from eight countries were featured in 17 knowledge presentations, including panel discussions, new research findings, keynotes, and more. Click to listen! Continue Reading
When is a pre-1972 recording not a pre-1972 recording? And in which courts? CBS Radiio offers an unexpected answer to those questions, as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit brought by ABS Entertainment, which is suing for unpaid royalties under California law. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Europe was held at The Royal Institution, where about 250 industry professionals gathered for a full day of special presentations by 30 experts in online audio. Continue Reading
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NPR, some of whose podcast programs reside near the top of the iTunes podcast charts, has created a new podcast directory called Earbud. Good name. And it’s an effective counterpoint to the impersonal, data-driven Top 100 lists on iTunes. Continue Reading
The controversy over who will administer, assign, and sell dot-RADIO website domains continues. BRS media, an applicant for the right to administer the upcoming dot-RADIO domain, has filed a review process with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Continue Reading
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