RAIN Notes: September 16
— Annoyances Solved (Hyperfixed)
— Seeking 2.0 (Podcamp)
— Live At Scale (The Acquired)
— At The Top (Cathy Csukas) Continue Reading
Author: Brad Hill
True Crime podcasts help crack true crimes (Edison / audiochuck)
In a lovely turnaround, it turns out that the venerable True Crime podcast category helps solve the crimes it documents. We learn this in a new study from Edison Research and podcast network audiochuck. Audiochuck publishes one of genre’s most recognized titles, Crime Junkie. In an unusual angle in podcast research, the company evangelizes the podcast’s social values, not its benefit to advertisers. Continue Reading
BMI takes legal action in royalty conflict with SiriusXM
“Years of negotiations.” That’s how performing rights organization (PRO) BMI describes its patience and perseverance in royalty dealings with SiriusXM. With patience and perseverance evidently expired, BMI filed a legal action to determine what it calls “fair and appropriate fees.” Click for details — all from BMI’s perspective. No public word from SiriusXM at posting time. Continue Reading
NPR and iHeart Audience Network shine in Triton US Podcast Ranker (August 2024)
Yesterday we covered Triton Digital’s Australian Podcast Ranker and today we receive the U.S. ranker for perusal. This list ranks podcasts which use Triton’s download and user measurement services. Top line: NPR News Now claims the #1 spot as usual, sorted by weekly average downloads. That program was published 840 times during the measurement period, giving it a meaningful advantage in the download sweepstakes. Click for much more info and nuance, and links to both versions of Triton’s release. Continue Reading
Five new shows out of 200 (Triton Digital Australian Podcast Ranker)
Triton Digital’s Australian Podcast Ranker for august, a 10-page PDF listing 200 shows, has been released to our eager grasp. As expected from previous monthly releases of this accounting, the Hamish & Andy podcast, produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, owns the #1 spot as it has in previous months. We look for debut entrances to the list, and find just five of them. Click for more metrics and links to both versions (sortable and unsortable). Continue Reading
AI songs + fraudulent streaming + millions in royalties = FBI/DOJ seeking 60 years in prison
It had to happen, and possibly has happened before. Now it has definitely happened with severe potential consequences. An guileful North Carolina musician named Michael Smith has been accused of fraudulently streaming AI-created songs and dishonestly collecting royalties. We learn this from the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York. It’s no small-scale gambit. Click for the impressively corrupt details. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: September 10
RAIN Notes: September 9
— Long For The Win (Bloomberg)
— Big Advice (Radio Creators) Continue Reading
Streaming = 84% of U.S. recorded music revenue as total inches up in first half
In the recently released U.S. music revenue report from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), we see that the streaming channel accounted for 84% of earnings. That metric (and all others in this report) is for the first half… Continue Reading
Content preferences, discovery methods, and attitudes of podcast listeners (Sounds Profitable #2)
In the second day of our two-part coverage of The Podcast Landscape 2024 from Sounds Profitable, we learn about consumer content choices, discovery methods, and attitudes of non-listeners. Click for details, graphs, and link to the original. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: September 5
— Tying the knot (Quest Global)
— Pricing Pain (StreamYard)
— Climbing that hill (DWNLOAD Media) Continue Reading
Podcasting breaks 50% barrier, reaching a majority of American adults (Sounds Profitable)
“Podcasts now reach 53% of Americans 18+ every month – the first report of monthly consumption reaching the majority of adults in the US.”
That is the #1 takeaway from The Podcast Landscape, 2024, released by Sounds Profitable as its largest survey ever, and claimed to be the largest publicly available study of podcast consumption in the U.S. We grab hold of the first several sections and plumb them for knowledge. Click for details, graphics, and a link to the original.
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