RAIN Notes: January 22
— A Passion For Building (SoundStack / John Morris)
— How Audiences Differ (Sounds Profitable)
— Lacking The Buzz? (Virtually Parkinson Podcast)
— At The Vanguard (Miami MusicTech) Continue Reading
News
Most daily audio listening is at home, but declining post-Covid (Edison Research)
In a newly released chart, Edison Research illustrates new research findings about daily audio listening. The key point is that daily listening in the home showed a second consecutive year of decline. This trend follows a Covid spike of in-home listening that peaked in 2022. Click for detail and the Edison chart. Continue Reading
Double digit growth of 2024 streaming; U.S. lags non-U.S. (Luminate)
Entertainment analytics company Luminate released its 2024 Year-End Music Report, a global analysis of fan behavior and consumption metrics across all types of listening. We dig in for part one of detailed coverage. Continue Reading
Amaze Media Labs releases Audiencelife v2; redesign and new capabilities
Branded podcast producer and brand consultancy Amaze Media Labs notifies us that Audiencelift 2.0 has been released — the latest iteration of the company’s podcast growth platform. Click for the details and development history. Continue Reading
Steve Goldstein: 7 Key Takeaways from CES
Guest columnist Steve Goldstein reviews the just-ended 2023 with a collection of insights and perspectives culled from conversation, interviews, and Steve’s own reflections. It’s “a quick highlight reel of actionable ideas and thought-provoking takeaways,” featuring celebrated thought leaders, mostly in podcasting. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 14
— Equitable Coverage (iHeartMedia)
— A The Vanguard (Miami MusicTech 2025)
— CES + AI = Webinar (Jacobs Media
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RAIN Notes: January 13
— Tenure (The Podglomerate)
— Yet Another (E.B. Moss)
— The Biz of Bizzy Audiences (Sounds Profitable)
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RAIN Notes: January 9
— What’s It About? (Matt Deegan)
— Critique (Mood Machine)
— Yet Another Role (Arielle Nissenblatt)
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Nearing a milestone, PodcastOne celebrates higher ranking
“Nearly 1 billion downloads” — that’s part of a double brag released by PodcastOne. Not as exact as the company probably wishes, but reinforced by a ranking jump, from 13th to 8th most prolific podcast publisher in the U.S. for December 2024. The press release is placed on the Nasdaq website Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 8
— Innately Personal (Jennifer Witz
— Exponential (E.B. Moss)
— Mapping Serialization (Dan Misener)
— Dream Come Tru (Buzz Knight Media) Continue Reading
Spotify unleashes new creator program, promises “a better way to earn”
“A better way to earn.” That’s Spotify’s promise to creators as the streaming behemoth launches the Spotify Partner Program, a new monetization system for creators in four continents. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 6
— Terry Foxx (Black Information Network)
— Leading Intelligence (Hetal Thaker Patel)
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