Edison Research recently released its Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S for Q2. Also recently unveiled is Edison’s Top 25 Podcasts in the UK for Q2. This gives us an interesting opportunity to do a cross-Atlantic comparison. Continue Reading
The day after Sounds Profitable announced its merger with Podcast Movement, founder Bryan Barletta has composed a lengthy, informative, future-focused mission statement. Titled What’s Next for Sounds Profitable, it is agreeably subtitled: “Sounds Profitable and Podcast Movement have merged, let’s talk about that.” Click for overview and link.
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Triton Digital released a dramatically upgraded and enhanced edition of its US Podcast Ranker. In this ranker, and presumably future ones, Triton lists three new audience intelligence features — it’s the first edition of an enhanced ranker. Click for details and linkage. Continue Reading
BMI and the Radio Music License Committee announced a settlement of their rate court proceeding. The new agreement, which is retroactive to January 1, 2022, represents a historic rate increase for BMI. Continue Reading
Trade association Sounds Profitable, and conference brand Podcast Movement, have merged in a seven-figure deal. The new entity is described as “a central force in podcasting’s ongoing growth,” and promises to deepen its involvement in industry events around the world. Click for details. Continue Reading
Measurement company Podtrac has released Top Podcasts By Country, which lists the single #1 podcast in each of 48 countries. Click for details and linkage. Continue Reading
Audio collosus iHeartMedia released Q2 earnings, and we see a familiar pattern: Strong digital audio revenue balancing other downward-moving revenue, resulting in a slight overall gain for the quarter. Click for the numbers and comparisons.
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Performance rights organization (PRO) SoundExchange, the mandated royalty collection agency for digital music performance royalties, has lost a ruling in its effort to gain allowance of legal actions against broadcasters. The controversy is occurring in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Click for details. Continue Reading
Veteran podcast executive Sharon Taylor has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer at audio technology and service provider Triton Digital, where she will report to CEO John Rosso. Australia native Taylor spent three and a half years at enterprise podcast tech and hosting company Omny Studio, where she served as Head of Operations, then CEO from 2016 to 2019. Triton, which is itself a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, acquired Omny Studio in 2019. Continue Reading
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Yesterday we covered rumors that established podcast production house Wondery had been shuttered. Then a more nuanced situation emerged: Amazon-owned Wondery will be reduced (110 staffers released) and repositioned in a different part of the parent company. Today, we collect public reactions from industry leaders. Continue Reading