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The Infinite Dial, started in 1998 and produced annually by Edison Research, is an annual milestone in the measurement and understanding of digital media generally, with a sharp focus on online audio. It represents the longest-running survey of digital media consumer behavior in America. Click for a link to the data. Continue Reading →

In today’s release of The Infinite Dial 2025 by Edison Research, one of the annually significant metrics is the number of people listening to online audio monthly, and the percentage of the U.S. population represented by that number. We remember the excitement when this graph crossed over the 50 percent mark in 2015. Today we see that number at 89 percent. Click for more of Infinite Dial. Continue Reading →

Kelli Turner, who has woven a career path with executive roles in banking, Ivy League teaching, media, copyright management, investing, and intellectual property, now becomes the permanent President and CEO of audio giant Audacy. Click for details.
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Podcast audience demographics in the U.S. are easily generalized by most in the industry: Relatively affluent, educated, and left-leaning politically compared to the whole U.S. population. But that easy characterization is changing as U.S. podcast listening expands. Click for a six-year snapshot.
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A japanese electronics giant, an elite urban U.S. university, and several million dollars are converging to create a state-of-the-art audio institute. It is Sony behind the money — a $7.4 million donation to New York University. That grant will establish the Sony Audio Institute. Click for more. Continue Reading →

Entrepreneur and digital audio executive Bill (Billy) Freund has passed away. He was 58. We learn this sad news from Inside Radio, which supplies this note: “In place of flowers, the Freund Family requests that contributions be made in Billy’s… Continue Reading →