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Study: Podcast fans command billions in spending power for consumer packaged goods

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Cadence13 and Nielsen have released a research report titled The Purchasing Power of Podcast Listeners, the first in a series that will examine the behaviors and trends within this audience. The first report explores listeners of shows about sports, society & culture, and television & movies and their spending habits in the consumer packaged good categories of snacks, carbonated beverages, and beauty products. Continue Reading →

New data: Heavy radio listeners over-index for online audio, smart speakers (and radios)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Edison Research released data from The Infinite Dial: Heavy Radio Listeners, a subset of data from its 2018 analysis with Triton Digital. These results focus on Americans who reported listening to more than one hour of radio in the past day in their audio diaries. The heavy radio listeners account for about 30% of the over-12 population. Continue Reading →

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Automotive is leading growth in programmatic ad spending on audio/TV

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Anna Washenko

FreeWheel Advertisers, formerly known as STRATA, has released results from its latest quarterly agency survey, which details opinions and outlooks for programmatic advertising. The most recent results point to growing adoption of programmatic technology across media. Continue Reading →

Podtrac show ranking chart for March 2018 is out

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac has released its ranker of the top 20 podcasts for March 2018. Most of the entries are consistent with the list from February, with just a few shifts in the order. Podtrac’s March 2018 publisher ranking was released last week. Continue Reading →

Latin music streaming revenue reached a record high in 2017 RIAA report

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Anna Washenko

The RIAA found that in 2017, U.S. revenue from Latin music increased 37% to $243 million. The genre holds a 2.8% share by value of the American music market. Streaming revenue grew 54% to $204 million, a record-high that secured an 84% share of the genre’s total results. Continue Reading →

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IFPI Global Report: Streaming is the world’s top music revenue source

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Streaming revenue has topped yet another report. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has released its Global Music Report 2018, which showed a third consecutive year of increased music sales on the back of streaming growth. Continue Reading →

PRS for Music announces record high collections and distributions for 2017

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Anna Washenko

PRS for Music, a UK collection agency, announced that it paid out record royalties to its members last year. The group’s 2017 payouts totaled £605.1 million, up 14.7% from the 2016 amounts. PRS said that 6.6 trillion performances were reported last year, a 53% on-year increase that led to a record-high collection total of £717 million. Continue Reading →

Digital sources dominated India’s music revenue in 2017

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Anna Washenko

IFPI reported that streaming music helped drive growth for India’s music industry in 2017. Total music revenue in the country rose from 5.7 billion rupees in 2016 to nearly 7.26 billion rupees last year. Streaming music revenue grew by 37.26%. Continue Reading →

Podcast Consumer 2018: Share of ear doubles, smartphone dominance, and smart speaker success

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Podcasting has come a long way in attracting a dedicated, passionate audience with several unique traits, but there is still progress to be made in reaching the mainstream American listener. That’s the narrative laid out today in the Podcast Consumer 2018 report from Edison Research and Triton Digital. Ever the congenial host, Edison VP Tom Webster presided over the presentation. Continue Reading →

ASCAP’s 2017 distributions broke $1 billion for the first time

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Anna Washenko

ASCAP reported that it distributed more than $1 billion to its members for the first time in 2017. The performing rights organization collected revenue of about $1.144 billion and distributed more than $1.007 billion last year. The group’s total revenue was up 8% on-year and distributions increased 10%. Continue Reading →

MIDiA Research: Streaming boosted global music revenue to $17.4 billion in 2017

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Anna Washenko

MIDiA Research has shared its 2017 figures for the global recorded music market, and its results show a big year of growth thanks to a powerful performance from streaming. Global recorded music revenue hit $17.4 billion during 2017, up 8.5% from $16 billion in 2016. The year’s performance returns the global market to just below its levels from 2008. Continue Reading →

Podtrac publisher rankings published for March 2018

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac’s podcast publisher ranking for March 2018 is now available. The results show another month with little fluctuation among the top performers putting out podcasts, and only one replacement from the prior month’s chart. Continue Reading →