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Edison Research released a graphic from its Share of Ear survey. The most recent update of the report is about streaming’s share of Americans’ AM/FM radio listening. “If the radio industry is ever going to really ‘turn the corner’ on digital listening, this may need to be the crisis that makes it happen,” Edison President Larry Rosin observed. Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: Tesla is remotely removing AM/FM radio from its cars, plus other news items unrelated to the pandemic (and some that are). Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: Radiocentre’s fight against pointless terms and conditions, discussions about Times Radio, and savvy burger marketing. Continue Reading
Podcast Radio, a venture to broadcast a 24-hour podcast schedule on DAB in London, is up and running. The project was introduced at RAIN Summit Europe last November. Continue Reading
Instreamatic is announcing a partnership with Federated Media. In the deal Federated will sell Instreamatic’s interactive voice advertising opportunities to advertisers. Federated’s inventory will be added to Instreamatic’s voice ad exchange. Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: Sometimes, your gut instinct knows what the data doesn’t. Also a look at the latest RAJAR results in the UK, and is the BBC boring? Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: Coverage of the European Radio Show, a podcast collection of Brexit radio clips, and much more. Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: How Australian radio is covering the continued fires. KCRW’s new hire. A counterpoint to the hype coming out of another year of CES. Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. Continue Reading
iHeart Media, which is executing a long-term broadcast / podcast synergy strategy, has launched its third all-podcast on-air format at WLTM, 95.9 in Erie, PA. The station was playing an all-Christmas format before switching over. Continue Reading
WorldDAB released an infographic with statistics about ownership and coverage for digital radio. The data for Europe and Asia Pacific found that the UK is still the leader for cumulative receiver sales of DAB and DAB+ sets with more than 41.2 million sets. Germany has seen cumulative receiver sales of 14.6 million, and Norway has seen 6 million. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Visual and audio UK election coverage from LBC. A new look for community radio with Alfred. Continue Reading