RAIN Notes: August 9
— New Stacks (JSoundstack)
— A New Realm (Realm)
— Record Duo (Nielsen and Edison Research) Continue Reading
News
Streaming wins for 13-22 year-olds in Edison 10-year anniversary “Share of Audio Listening Time by Platform”
Edison’s Share of Ear audio listening survey measures time spent listening to different types of audio, among 13-22 year-olds. The classic donut chart is universally recognized as the study’s presentation format. The Share of Ear project is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with the release of a special chart. Click for the data. Continue Reading
WideOrbit elevates Susie Hedrick as new CEO
WideOrbit, a leading media workflow management service, is announcing today the elevation of Susie Hedrick to Chief Executive Officer. Hedrick has been operating as President and Managing Director. In assuming the top leadership role, Hedrick takes the reins from WideOrbit’s Founder and current CEO, Eric Mathewson. Click through for more. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: August 7
— Expansion (Jacobs Media)
— How Do They Keep Up? (Edison Research) Continue Reading
Spotify’s upward-moving Q2 Earnings
Spotify’s Q2 earnings report is presented with a casually positive tone. “Our business continued to perform well in Q2, led by healthy subscriber gains, improved monetization and record profitability.” — that from the public finance statement. Click for details and charts. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: August 5
— Retracting The Recoil (Spotify)
— Seeing The Audio (Washington Post)
— Speaking The Grit (iHeartPodcasts)
RAIN Notes: August 2
— Breaking New Ground (SiriusXM)
— AM FTW (American Principles Project)
— Back To Roots (John Goforth)
30-second midrolls reign in podcast ads, and much more from Magellan benchmark report
Magellan AI released its Podcast Advertising Benchmark Report for Q2 2024. The 19-slide public PDF dives deep into Magellan’s specialties — the who, how, and how much of podcast advertisers. It’s not a survey; Magellan’s tech analyzed over 101,000 episodes of popular podcasts. Click for methodology, results, graphs, and linkage. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Tuesday, July 30
— Shady Collaboration (Acast)
— Stepping Up (The Podglomerate
— Back To Roots (John Goforth)
— Sight Is Unnecessary (John Fix / Westwood One Blog)
Black Podcast Listeners: Business owners, monthly listeners, and more. (Signal Hill / Triton Digital)
Signal Hill Insights and Triton Digital have released a study called The Listening and Consumer Habits of the Black Podcast Audience. (It is HERE.) “Black Americans are a vital force within the American podcast audience.” –Jeff Vidler, President/Founder, Signal… Continue Reading
Audioboom’s robust earnings: “maximizing the value it extracts from downloads”
UK-based global podcast company Audioboom released first-half earnings. The key performance indicators are unanimously sunny. Click for financial details and detailed comments from CEO Stuart Last. Continue Reading
SoundExchange sues AccuRadio over royalties; AccuRadio publicly refutes lawsuit characterization
SoundExchange, the U.S. government-designated royalty collection and distribution agency for streaming music royalties, has sued AccuRadio, the Chicago-based streaming music platform. AccuRadio disputes the claims against it. Click for our coverage, plus both statements in full. Continue Reading