RAIN Notes: Thursday, January 20
Jottings of Note, smart speaker edition
— Deux U! … Not a Curse (Cadence13)
— Sky-high Title (Skyview Networks)
— Taking Charge (CBC)
News
TuneIn On Air launches to benefit small and non-profit broadcasters
TuneIn has opened its powerful platform distribution to small broadcasters, specifically educational and non-profit broadcasters, according to an announcement sent to RAIN. The idea is to give the same distribution tools that major broadcasters have to an underserved slice of the audio ecosystem. Click for details, including price. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, January 19
Jottings of Note, smart speaker edition
— Tinkerers (Tinkercast)
— Keeping the Window Open (Threshold)
— Audio Illustrations (iHR + Sports Illustrated)
RAIN Notes: Friday, January 14
Jottings of Note, smart speaker edition
— BIG Award (Black Information NEtwork)
— No Pete Rose (Podcast Hall of Fame)
— Undead (Echoverse)
CBC winter podcast lineup: Paradise, dating stories, and more
CBC, Canada’s public broadcasting company, has announced a winter podcast season. Click through for titles, descriptions, links, and a link to the entire CBC podcast portfolio. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Thursday, January 13
Jottings of Note, smart speaker edition
— Emphasis on Building (iHeartMedia)
— ReminiSNL (Cadence13)
— A Back Catalog for the Ages (The Kitchen Sisters)
Unbounce acquires LeadsRx, sharpening its marketing attribution service across audio channels
Conversion intelligence platform Unbounce has bought LeadsRx, a marketing analytics software and service company founded in 2015. LeadsRx operates with a focus on digital, radio, podcasts, streaming services, and TV. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia plants a stake in the meta era with VR and tokenization plans
In what Chairman/CEO Bob Pittman calls “a unique opportunity,” and Digital Audio Group CEO Conal Byrne calls “the incredible potential of web3,” iHeartMedia announced its intention to develop “meta” experiences on the Roblox platform. There is an emphasis on tokenized communities — click through for more on that. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, January 12
Jottings of Note, smart speaker edition
— AI in NYC (veritonic)
— Dewing It (AdLarge)
— Owning the Fail (DAX)
— Turning the Wheel (Larry Linietsky)
National Aircheck adds granular podcast search to its radio/audio monitoring service
Audio monitoring and verification service National Aircheck has evolved its traditionally radio-oriented technology, adding podcasts to its existing capability of searching tens of thousands of radio stations. Interesting customizations are available. Also, the website is new. Continue Reading
Acast highlights podcasters’ first recorded words in new marketing campaign
Podcast platform Acast is launching an interesting new ad campaign for its services, and is keying it to “First Words” — the literal first words uttered on some of the biggest shows in its network of 35,000 podcasts. Also featured — video interviews with well known podcasters, challenging them to recall their first words. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Tuesday, January 11
Jottings of Note, smart speaker edition
— iHeartSafety (iHeartRadio)
— Peer Power (Sports Podcast Awards)
— Takin’ the Lead (Somethin’ Else)