AdLarge added another podcast deal to its growing portfolfio of exclusive ad-representation agreements for on-demand audio, this one with RotoWire for its line of fantasy sports podcasts. RotoWire produces daily podcasts for fantasy sports players in football, baseball, and basketball, plus weekly shows in audio and video. Continue Reading
RAIN Summits are famous for their thought-leadership discussion panels. Since the in-depth, industry-expert discussion panels go without saying, we’ll say no more about them here. Five other reasons to register for RAIN Summit West if you’ll be in Las Vegas this weekend. Continue Reading
Playlist radio service 8tracks is opening its first in-house music library today, in partnership with CD Baby, INgrooves, and indie labels. The initiative promises to streamline playlist-building for 8tracks “DJs,” while tightening its ties with the independent artist community. Continue Reading
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released A Digital Audio Buyer’s Guide, a free, 29-page explanatory overview of the streaming audio advertising ecosystem. The guide promotes digital audio’s high-growth, mobile-friendly attributes to marketers. Continue Reading
Webcast listening rose 5% month-over-month in February, and 40% year-over-year, according to the Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker just released by Triton Digital. Click through for historical trend charts. Continue Reading
In a far-reaching agreement, iHeartMedia and its subsidiary Katz Media Group have partnered with Jelli, the automated radio advertising platform, for programmatic ad-buying of broadcast radio inventory. RAIN News spoke to Jelli CEO Mike Dougherty. Continue Reading
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One house. Five radios tuned to one station. One person time-shifting everything on mobile devices. When a radio show is also a podcast, where is its identity? Nowhere, which is a good thing. Why everyone wins when success doesn’t depend on the platform. Continue Reading
Once a clearly defined term, podcasting now encompasses any kind of on-demand Internet program. As such, there is an opportunity for radio stations to jump into on-demand streaming in parallel with live webcasting. A new production application offers radio stations a tool to quickly turn live broadcast content into archived on-demand audio for streaming. Continue Reading
RAIN Summits are famous for their thought-leadership discussion panels. RAIN Summit West also features numerous special presentations in a knowledge-packed day of information and networking. Larry Rosin, Kurt Hanson, Pat Higbie, Amanda Brown, Matt Saraceni, Brian Burdick, and keynoter Anthony Bay are featured presenters. Continue Reading
New Zealand owners of Samsung Galaxy mobile devices will now have access to the tech company’s Milk Music streaming service. The free, Slacker-powered app has about 150 radio stations and includes options for personalizing the listening experience. Continue Reading
As we reported on March 17, SoundExchange and National Public Radio (NPR) reached an agreement for webcast music licensing in the 2016-2020 royalty period. NPR agreed to increase the number of stations providing detailed census reporting of the music they play in webcasts. We spoke to Rusty Hodge of SomaFM about whether those reports are difficult to produce. Continue Reading
James Cridland Weekly Links is a column by the U.K.’s radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: An example of powerful broadcast advertising, much podcast news, and an international array of links. Continue Reading