Advertising in music services, and ad technologies that power it.
UK-based global podcast company Audioboom tells us that it has extended its partnership with five top-tier podcasts. As a group, these top-tier shows delivered 90-million downloads in 2023. Click for details. Continue Reading
The average cost per thousand (CPM) for podcast advertising took a modest upturn in February, rising about one percent compared to the average rate in January. This from the monthly reckoning at Libsyn subsidiary AdvertiseCast. Continue Reading
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), with the Media Ratings Council (MRC) have created a set of guidelines “to effectively capture the impact of AR campaigns.” The document is open to public comment until March 9. Click for details. Continue Reading
Putting aside the “Ouch” factor, a new study offers realistic advice to would-be podcasters, and many existing podcasters. In a report posted on the PodPros website, podcast database Rephonic and podcast guest provider service Podmatch put up some statistics that should give pause to any prospective podcast entrepreneur. Click for results and graphs. Continue Reading
Global podcasting giant Acast sent us results of two surveys conducted in December, focused on the DTC (direct to consumers) segment. One survey queried 450 marketing pros who specifically work in DTC, and the other questioned 900 consumers who typically shop online directly from a company’s website. Survey results include interesting angles of favorability for DTC podcast marketing. Continue Reading
Yesterday we provided initial coverage of the IAB’s newly released study, “The Free and Open Ad-Supported Internet: Consumers, Content, and Assessing the Data Value Exchange.” We take a second tour through the richly informative 30-page PDF today, with an emphasis on metrics and the IAB’s narrative running through the presentation. Click for deep coverage and graphs. Continue Reading
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released a summary of its consumer research into the attitudes of media consumers toward advertising. A key finding: Nearly 80% of consumers would prefer to get more ads in turn for having to pay nothing for websites/apps. Click for more. Continue Reading
Audio production and syndication company YEA Networks has signed Frequency, a workflow automation and ad management resource for audio, as its podcast workflow automation partner. The goal is to accelerate deal flow, close sales, and service a growing number of opportunities.
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It’s not a competition. But we observe that in December Amazon invested more in podcast advertising than perennial budget champ BetterHelp. This from Magellan AI’s December 2023 reckoning of top-spending podcast advertisers. Click for details and graphs. Continue Reading
Adtech company AdsWizz has introduced a new targeting technology for marketers who advertise in streaming music environments. Called Mood Targeting, “The new product seeks to match the mood or content of an ad, to the mood of the listener’s song or playlist.” Targeting music mood was a Pandora breakthrough years ago, and Pandora originally acquired AdsWizz (both are subsidiaries of SiriusXM). Click for details. Continue Reading
Triton Digital is taking advantage of this week’s CES electronics trade show to announce the integration of its advertising marketplace with Amazon Publisher Services (APS). The union expands Triton’s audio ad inventory to existing APS publishers, and extends Amazon’s “interactive audio ads” to the Triton Digital advertising network. Continue Reading
In Magellan AI’s reckoning of the top podcast advertisers (by spend) in November, we see a lot of repetition from the previous months. Eleven of the top 15 advertisers in the previous month of October landed on the November list again. We do some month-over month analysis, and a six-month comparison. Click for the numbers, graphs, and top-line points. Continue Reading