The Office of the United States Trade Representative has issued a warning to the European Union and certain Member States, and cited Spotify as a threatened EU service provider. Continue Reading
In the wake of the Golden Globes podcast nominations (RAIN (RAIN HERE), Edison Research is layering its own demographic information atop the honorees. This exercise adds an interesting dimension to each of the of the nominated podcasts. Continue Reading
Humans outnumbered – David Cohen (IAB)
Having it all – Howard Stern Continue Reading
Global management consulting firm Bain & Company has released a new piece of research: Music Discovery: “More Channels, More Problems.” Consumers discover new music via more sources than ever before, and these are detailed. “Industry leaders will have to invest in new capabilities and tools,” the company asserts. Continue Reading
Forget about asking “What’s a podcast?” That historical epoch is over, says Steve Goldstein. In this guest column, Steve defines four eras in the history of podcasting. (He brings spaghetti to this analysis.) Continue Reading
Silver Sounds, a Manhattan production company, has launched the inaugural NYC Podcast Awards. The founding rationale is to bring light to under-recognized creators and creator communities. Click to see how it’s structured, and for the submission link. Continue Reading
Global streaming service Deezer partnered with Ipsos to conduct a consumer survey to discover popular perceptions and attitudes toward AI-generated music. Nine thousand people in eight countries were questioned. Also, a concert violinist makes his own test. Continue Reading
New year forecasting – MIDiA Research
Massive aggregation – AcastBest – NPR
Hot Smart Rich(er) – Steven Bartlett
For early-stagers – Podcast Creator Summit Continue Reading
Sounds Profitable has released The Creators: Understanding the Modern Podcast Creator. The study was fielded by Signal Hill Insights, and queried over 5,000 Americans 18 years and older. Click for partial coverage and link to the source deck. Continue Reading
The Washington Post has introduced podcasts personalized to each user’s preferences of length and topic, and reading history. The mechanism is driven by AI, and is co-created with the AI voicing company Eleven Labs Continue Reading
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Board DirectorHenry Hinton will enter the long-running fray over the exemption of terrestrial radio from paying performance royalties for airplay of songs. Hinton will argue that stations should continue their statutory exemption. Continue Reading
The main stream – Sounds Profitable
Client-first thinking – True Native Media
Best – NPR Continue Reading