Audacy is announcing today that it has reached an agreement with SoundStack to carry Live365 internet radio stations on the Audacy platform. The partnership is the latest chapter in a sprawling story of Live365 as a champion of small webcasters. Click for details and history. Continue Reading
Audio analytics company Veritonic has partnered with RealEyes, an AI firm focused on evaluating human response, to create The Veritonic Audio Attention Report. This study leverages the RealEyes visual analysis AI, which uses a webcam-on survey process to capture and overlay realtime reactions to hearing ads. Continue Reading
Podtrac has issued a new monthly (presumably) ranker of global streams/downloads, and views. The streams/downloads portion is a measure of RSS activity, and the viewing numbers come from YouTube. Six networks are represented in this work (Podtrac clients). In the RAIN Remix, we reveal the metrics on a per-show basis. It makes all the difference for one of the networks. Continue Reading
Magellan AI’s accounting of podcast advertiser spending for January shows a small increase over December, with fewer month-over-month repeaters than the December report. Click for RAIN’s analysis and Magellan’s chart with top podcast genres receiving investment. Continue Reading
Called the Catch Point Catalog Acquisition Program, the goal is to allow mid- and lower-level songwriters monetize their compositions. The company hopes to realize long-tail value which can be accumulated through many purchases of small catalogs. Click for details. Continue Reading
Podcast verification and attribution company Podscribe has released its quarterly Podscribe Performance Benchmarks, which offers analyses of key performance indicators important to podcast advertisers. Much of the metrical significance is measured on the basis of listener visits to advertiser destinations. Click for several examples and linkage to the free report. Continue Reading
The Podcast Academy, charied by Donal Albright, has released its nominee list for this years The Ambies — the fourth annual celebration of podcast excellence. Click for POdcast of the Year nominees. Over 540 shows are recognized across 27 categories. Continue Reading
Podeo, the Dubai-based podcast hosting and distribution platform founded four years ago by CEO Stefano Fallaha, has forged a distribution partnership with imo, a global audio messaging app with 200-million active users across 170 countries. The deal is added to several existing distribution relationships. Continue Reading
— Royal Disagreement (Music LIcensing Collective)
— It’s A Lot (Sounds Profitable)
— YouTube Has Entered (Sound Off)
In a monumental 100-page report, Cumulus Podcast Network and Signal Hill Insights present findings from their Podcast Download — Fall 2023 Report. Click for our first round of coverage. Continue Reading