RAIN Notes: Monday, November 13
News
As others raise subscriptions rates, SiriusXM lowers cost, reboots app, and targets “next generation” of users
Days after releasing its Q3 earnings, in which revenue and income numbers showed stability, SiriusXM is hoping to expand its usage footprint by lowering the subscription cost for streaming and in-car listening. Click for an industry-wide subscription price comparison and other details. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, November 8
RAIN Notes: Monday, November 6
— Seeking (The Podglomerate)
— The Smartest (Tom Truitt)
— Certainty (Acast and Buzzfeed Studios)
LEADERS: Middle East for podcasts; LATAM for music streaming; Western Europe for radio (GWI/eMarketer)
An interesting chart consolidates data compiled by GWI. It is a table which compiles time spent consuming podcasts, streaming music, radio, and other media categories — across seven global regions. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Thursday, November 2
— Metrics of Talk (Edison Research & NPR)
— Hitching (Digiday)
— Patronage (Mark Mulligan)
RAIN Notes: Tuesday, October 31
RAIN Notes: Thursday, October 26
Spotify Q3 details & quotes: Users, Podcasts, Audiobooks
Spotify released Q3 earnings this week. We covered basic money metrics elsewhere. In this post, we scrutinize information gleaned from the earnings call. Below, three main topics: User growth, podcasting, and the audiobooks initiative. Audiobooks were of particular interest to investors, partly because it was difficult to coax financial predictions about them. Click for lots of detail and quotes. Continue Reading
Spotify ‘super excited’ over ‘stellar’ Q3. Profit attained.
Spotify’s Q3 earnings report gave the investor audience upbeat news and validation that the strategic adjustment made earlier in the fiscal year are working as hoped. Expenses down; user growth up. And … profit for the first time as a public company. Continue Reading
Audacy asserts the star-making power of radio with “Launch” program
Audacy has started an artist discovery and promotion project called Launch, intending to boost careers of selected musicians. Three beneficiaries are selected. Continue Reading
Quill’s CoHost unit launches Prefix, a platform-agnostic audience insights tool
Podcast agency Quill announces a new data tool attached to CoHost, its analytics and audience insights platform. It can deliver audience demographics and B2B analytics describing companies which are listening to a podcast. Click for the details of this interesting piece of tech. Continue Reading