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Author: Kurt Hanson

Targetspot sold to Dutch digital gaming company Azerion for €30M

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Brussels-based Targetspot SA (née Radionomy) last week announced the sale of its Targetspot digital audio ad sales business to Azerion, an Amsterdam-based public company that operate a high-growth digital entertainment (i.e., online games) and media platform. In the press release… Continue Reading →

News

Amazon UK offering three free months of “Amazon Music Unlimited”

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

As noted in the UK newspaper Express today (here), “In the run-up to Black Friday, Amazon has launched two free bonuses for anyone interested in trying one of the alternatives to Spotify and Apple Music. For a limited time only… Continue Reading →

Music subscription services

Daily reach of podcasts in U.S. now 18%, says Edison Research

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

A new finding just released by Edison Research from its quarterly U.S. “Share of Ear” national study says that, of respondents in its Q3 2022 survey wave, 18% listened to podcasts on the day they were surveyed, up from 15%… Continue Reading →

News

From Tom Webster, more warnings for the podcasting industry based on broadcast radio’s travails

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

This week,  SoundsProfitable‘s Tom Webster posted the second half of an essay describing warnings he sees for the podcasting industry based on mistakes he perceives that broadcast radio has made. (Click here for RAIN’s coverage of part one.) Webster writes,… Continue Reading →

Marketing, News, Podcasting, Thought Leaders

Tom Webster offers warnings for the podcasting industry from broadcast radio’s travails

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Partner at SoundsProfitable (and previously SVP of Edison Research) Tom Webster has posted an essay describing warnings he sees for the podcasting industry based on mistakes he perceives that broadcast radio has made. Webster writes, “Podcasting has had a bad couple… Continue Reading →

Opinion & Features, Podcasting, Thought Leaders

Amazon slashes staff in half at its “reinventing radio” Amp division

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

The Amazon initiative intending to “reimagine radio,” Amp, has hit a roadbump, as the company is making staff cuts, Business Insider reported  on Friday, saying that “roughly 150 people,” or half of the division, were let go. When the division… Continue Reading →

Hiring, Music subscription services Amazon

“A Podcasting Glossary” released

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Now available from the Tumblr “F’ing Audio Art” is a glossary of podcasting terms “written over many months while waiting for my computer to render and load files and stuff like that” that is in turns both helpful and amusing.… Continue Reading →

Podcasting

“Spoken Word Audio Report” from NPR & Edison shows growth, particularly among younger demos

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Almost half (46%) of the U.S. population listens to spoken word audio content daily, according to the latest “Spoken Word Audio Report” released from NPR and Edison Research today. The fourth annual report explores the ways spoken word media consumption… Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Public Radio

Slacker tells judge that $10M royalties judgment could drive it into bankruptcy

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

According to a report yesterday in Billboard (here but may be behind a paywall), lawyers for Slacker Radio and its parent company LiveOne are arguing to a federal judge that last week’s $10 million judgment for unpaid music royalties to… Continue Reading →

Copyrights & Legal, Music subscription services, News

SoundExchange wins $9.7 million judgment from Slacker/LiveOne for unpaid music royalties

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Royalty collection and distribution agency SoundExchange has won a judgment of $9,765,396, plus legal fees, from the Slacker Radio division of LiveOne (formerly LiveXLive) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for unpaid music royalties and… Continue Reading →

Copyrights & Legal, Music subscription services, Royalties
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Edison: Podcasts now beating AM/FM for talk/personality listening

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

An upcoming “Spoken Word Audio Report” produced by Edison Research and NPR, which will be released in two weeks, will document that, according to Edison’s sample of “Share of Ear” diarykeepers, podcasts are now Americans’ primary source of personality/talk (as… Continue Reading →

AM/FM/HD/Satellite, Metrics & Research, News, Podcasting

Axios report: Audacy shopping Cadence13 to potential buyers

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

According to a recent report from the news website Axios, the U.S.’s second-biggest AM/FM company, Audacy, has hired bankers to explore the sale of its Cadence13 podcast studio. The report says that Audacy has hired Evolution Media Capital, a boutique investment… Continue Reading →

M&A, Podcasting

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