RAIN Notes: May 5
Rude Celebration – iHeartPodcasts
Women, Indie, $30 – Women Who Podcast Awards
Slammed By Sound – Pandora Continue Reading
News
Rumor Fact(ory): Tencent Music said to plan acquisition of Ximalaya
2.4 billion dollars — that’s the speculated price for Tencent Music to acquire Chinese podcast behemoth Ximalaya. Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) is likewise a giant Chinese audio platform. This news appears to be unconfirmed by principles as of this posting. Click for speculative details.
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RAIN Notes: April 30
Outgrowing the Word – Eric Nuzum
Read All About It – PocketCasts
Tops – (Maria (Micchelli) Tullin Continue Reading
Spotify releases Q1 finances: “We are pleased.”
Global streaming behemoth Spotify released its Q1 finance/product update for the first quarter, clearly pleased with its results across earnings, subscriber data, user count, and all reported financial indicators. Investors appeared to be vigorously pleased. Click for metrics.
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RAIN Notes: April 25
— Starting (Sarah van Mosel)
— Leaving (Molly DeMellier) Continue Reading
Cumulus Media set to ditch Nasdaq for OTC; Q1 earnings release May 1
Audio-first media company Cumulus Media, which owns radio network Westwood One, will release Q1 earnings on May 1. In the meantime, news has broken that Cumulus will depart its place on the Nasdaq stock trading platform, shifting to OTC (Over the Counter) trading. Click for details and comparative stock charts five years apart. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: April 23
— Upcoming Bigness (The Podcast Show)
— IP vs. AI (Bill Rosenblatt) Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: April 22
— Questionable Celebration (The new York Times)
— The Sprawl of Achievement (Webby Awards)
— “I listened, and it made me sad.” (James Cridland) Continue Reading
The Creator side in Coleman/Amplifi research & webinar (part 2)
In part two of the Coleman Insights and Amplifi Media research projct — From Explosion To Evolution: The State Of Video Podcasting — we move from intelligence about podcast consumers to understanding more about podcast creators. (See the consumer side in… Continue Reading
Treading water. Aging. Stability. Ease. Jacobs Media Techsurvey 2025 is bracing and detailed.
Today Jacobs Media released its epochal Techsurvey 2025, in which nearly 25,000 listeners to 500 commercial radio stations in the U.S. and Canada were queried. This annual project was in the field during January and February of this year. We look at key points in Part 1 of our coverage. Continue Reading
“A fantastic way to kick off 2025” — Audioboom Q1 resuts
The company is clearly pleased with its first quarter financials. “Our business model continues to go from strength to strength.” — Stuart Last, CEO, Audioboom Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: April 7
— Creator and Listener: Who’s In Control? (Spooler Media)
— Retaining the Viall Files (Libsyn)
— Targets (Acast)
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