In the July edition of Podtrac’s Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights, a ranking of podcast publishers, we see 21 podcast companies ranked by audience size and number of streams. The RAIN Remix puts those numbers against each publisher’s number of active shows … for an interesting and sometimes startling new perspective. Click it. Continue Reading
In a noisy announcement that can be celebrated by musicians, many social media users, a major label, and a major internet company, Universal Music Group and Meta have reached a new licensing agreement. The thrust is that social media users across Meta’s immense social platform reach will be able to use UMG-published music without repercussion to them, or to Meta. The agreement builds on an earlier (2017) accord.
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— New Stacks (JSoundstack)
— A New Realm (Realm)
— Record Duo (Nielsen and Edison Research) Continue Reading
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, 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
— Expansion (Jacobs Media)
— How Do They Keep Up? (Edison Research) Continue Reading
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
— Retracting The Recoil (Spotify)
— Seeing The Audio (Washington Post)
— Speaking The Grit (iHeartPodcasts)
— Breaking New Ground (SiriusXM)
— AM FTW (American Principles Project)
— Back To Roots (John Goforth)
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
— Shady Collaboration (Acast)
— Stepping Up (The Podglomerate
— Back To Roots (John Goforth)
— Sight Is Unnecessary (John Fix / Westwood One Blog)