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Rightsholders could be losing $2.65 billion from businesses using personal streaming for background music

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Soundtrack Your Brand, a B2B music provider for physical storefronts, commissioned a study from Nielsen Music into the financial impact of where businesses obtain background music. According to the study, rightsholders could be missing out on a total of $2.65 billion annually due to businesses using the personal streaming accounts of staff members rather than products designed for company and for-profit uses. Continue Reading →

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Serial returns to the top of the Podtrac September chart

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac has posted its list of the top 20 podcasts for September 2018. The chart is ranked based on internal data for shows that are Podtrac clients and by publicly available data used in the company’s algorithms for non-clients. September features another new top podcast. Continue Reading →

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RIAA H1 Latin music report sees near-total dominance of streaming

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Anna Washenko

The RIAA has released its half-year report on the Latin music market in the U.S., and the analysis echoes the same trends as the group’s H1 assessment of the overall music industry. Revenue from Latin music grew 15% on-year to $135 million. Continue Reading →

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Canadian Podcast Listener Report finds audiences are growing, as are responses to ads

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Anna Washenko

The Canadian Podcast Listener Report 2018 offers insights on the steadily growing audience for podcasts in Canada and the unique trends of this market. Jeff Vidler, president of Audience insights, and Jeff Ulster, chief content and technology officer for The Podcast Exchange, presented the full study on Wednesday at the RAIN Summit Canada in Toronto. Continue Reading →

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Podtrac releases podcast publisher ranker for September 2018

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac has released its monthly ranker of the top podcast publishers. Only publishers that participate in Podtrac’s measurement platform for the entire month are included on the chart. The September 2018 chart includes all of the same publishers as the August list. Continue Reading →

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IFPI report confirms global dominance for streaming, smartphones, and YouTube

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Anna Washenko

The IFPI has released its annual music consumer insight report, offering a snapshot at how people listen around the world. The latest analysis confirms several ongoing trends in the music space, including the dominance of streaming, the reliance on mobile devices, and the threats posed by piracy. Continue Reading →

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Midroll Media survey finds 60% of listeners made purchases from podcast ads

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Midroll Media, now a podcast network under E.W. Scripps’ Stitcher brand, has released its podcast listener demographics report for 2018. The company had 205 show hosts ask their audiences to participate in the survey, and this latest iteration included feedback from more than 151,000 listeners between February 2 and October 4, 2017. Continue Reading →

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Edison/Triton release Podcast Consumer Canada 2018

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Brad Hill

Edison Research and Triton Digital have released their Podcast Consumer Canada 2018 report, assessing the audio format’s audience and popularity among Canadian listeners. The analysis reveals familiar trends in terms of who is tuning into podcasts most and what their common behaviors are. Continue Reading →

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Wireless speakers contribute to a growing smart home tech wave in India

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Smart home technology is on the rise in India, with smart speakers one of the newer contributors to the growth. Research firm IDC shared the country-focused data from its global quarterly smart home device report. Continue Reading →

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Deezer and Spotify report triple-digit growth in podcast listening

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Research is showing lots of growth in the podcast space, and now some individual platforms are corroborating those trends. Both Spotify and Deezer released internal data about their rates of podcast consumption, and both services are finding successes with that audio format. Continue Reading →

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Nielsen survey finds smart speaker owners mostly listen to music on devices

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Nielsen has debuted a new report focused on emerging technologies, and the first installment turned its eye toward the smart speaker trend. The new quarterly MediaTech Trender Survey includes 2,000 U.S. consumers aged 13 and up. Smart speakers are making quick work at converting people into repeat customers; in the U.S. homes that have a smart speaker, four in 10 have more than one such device. Continue Reading →

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Canadian Podcast Listener report: How to reach new podcast fans

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Podcasting is experiencing slow and steady growth within its podcast audience. That’s a key takeaway from the upcoming Canadian Podcast Listener 2018 report from The Podcast Exchange, Audience Insights, and Ulster Media. An advanced infographic from the report shows that 26% of Canadians are monthly podcast listeners as of 2018. Continue Reading →