In a recent investor gathering, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek keynoted his company’s presentation with a manifesto which promoted Spotify’s accomplishments — in the product and the financials — and broadly charted a big-thinking future. Click through for a highlight reel (so to speak) of his most meaningful and revealing quotes. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Media Replacement (Jack Myers)
— New Season (Vanishing Postcards)
— Infinity (Edison Research)
In a sweeping proclamation of global audio technology influence, Triton Digital has announced the integration of audio ad-tech platform Jelli into its system. Complementing that development, several Triton execs have been promoted. Click through for lots of details. Continue Reading
In a seemingly win-win scenario, global podcast company Acast has signed a distribution deal with Resso, a streaming music service operating in Brazil, India and Indonesia. Resso was started two years ago by ByteDance, parent company of TikTok. Click for more. Continue Reading
With an ambition to make podcasts more accessible, the Crooked Media network has partnered with Adobe and its Premiere Pro’s speech-to-text technology to create captioned videos of podcasts. Production speed is key. Click for details and a behind-the-scenes video. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Cannes (SXM Media)
— Upfront (True Native Media)
— Short News (Schwartz Media / SCA)
Jottings of Note
— Crypto Cast (a16z)
— Thirsty (Rob Greenlee)
— Limited Series (iHeartMedia)
International podcast company Acast has launched in Asia with the appointment of Singapore-based Timi Siytangco as Key Account Director. Acast calls Siytangco’s hire as “the next iteration in Acast’s ambitious international growth strategy.” Click for relevant Asia listening metrics. Continue Reading
In a startling demonstration of how long the “long tail” of media can be, Edison Research has posted an article illustrating that the top 10 podcasts reach a third of weekly U.S. listeners. In a field of nearly three million podcasts, this data point is a stark reminder of how concentrated is media success and reach.
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Music library platform Slip.stream, which contains over 100,000 tracks and sound effects, has obtained $7.5-million in Series A financing led by Sony Music Entertainment, Third Prime, and Lightshed Ventures. Slip.stream joins an industry segment of music libraries in an addressable market of 22-million YouTube creators and 30-million independent creators who need audio assets for their creations. Continue Reading
The report identifies and profiles a new breed of podcast listener. That profile is younger, equally gender-divided, and more likely to be Black or Hispanic. And they don’t (yet?) listen nearly as much as longtime (6+ years) listeners. Four major new-listener trends are identified. Click for graphics and analysis. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Measuring the Tail (Larry Rosin)
— Aspirational (The New York Times)
— Podreading (The Podcast Reader)