Edison Research released its comprehensive “U.S. Top 50 Podcasts” chart for Q3 2022 yesterday, with its top 10 largely stable, albeit with “Dateline NBC” bumping sex-talk podcast “Call Her Daddy” out of the top 10. This list ranks the 50… Continue Reading
Just in time for the final weeks of the 2022 holiday season, Stockholm-based podcasting platform Acast last week launched a self-serve advertising platform to enable brands and advertisers of any size and budget to activate their podcast advertising strategies. Although… Continue Reading
In a Federal Register notice just published today, the Copyright Royalty Board announces cost-of-living increases in the statutory royalties to be paid by webcasters to SoundExchange for the public performance of sound recordings, which represent a ~9% increase for the… Continue Reading
Following its successful initial event in 2022, podcasting business conference The Podcast Show has announced that it will return to the Business Design Center in Islington for its second annual event on May 24th and 25th of next year. According… Continue Reading
Brussels-based Targetspot SA (née Radionomy) last week announced the sale of its Targetspot digital audio ad sales business to Azerion, an Amsterdam-based public company that operate a high-growth digital entertainment (i.e., online games) and media platform. In the press release… Continue Reading
A new finding just released by Edison Research from its quarterly U.S. “Share of Ear” national study says that, of respondents in its Q3 2022 survey wave, 18% listened to podcasts on the day they were surveyed, up from 15%… Continue Reading
This week, SoundsProfitable‘s Tom Webster posted the second half of an essay describing warnings he sees for the podcasting industry based on mistakes he perceives that broadcast radio has made. (Click here for RAIN’s coverage of part one.) Webster writes,… Continue Reading
According to a report yesterday in Billboard (here but may be behind a paywall), lawyers for Slacker Radio and its parent company LiveOne are arguing to a federal judge that last week’s $10 million judgment for unpaid music royalties to… Continue Reading
An upcoming “Spoken Word Audio Report” produced by Edison Research and NPR, which will be released in two weeks, will document that, according to Edison’s sample of “Share of Ear” diarykeepers, podcasts are now Americans’ primary source of personality/talk (as… Continue Reading
According to a recent article published by Bloomberg News, “Broadcasters are always hunting for new, flashy places to promote their shows, ranging from billboards to floats in parades to airplane banners. Some networks, though, have uncovered a less-glamorous, yet highly… Continue Reading
U.K. news website The Guardian posted an article today by journalist Alexis Petridis asking the question, “Has streaming made it harder to find new music?” Petridis writes, “We live in a world where music has never been more abundant, or… Continue Reading
Speaking at the Bank of America Securities “Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference” in Los Angeles on Wednesday, SiriusXM Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Witz revealed that popular talk show host and podcaster Conan O’Brien will be curating a 24/7 channel for… Continue Reading