RAIN Notes: January 14
— Equitable Coverage (iHeartMedia)
— A The Vanguard (Miami MusicTech 2025)
— CES + AI = Webinar (Jacobs Media
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RAIN Notes: January 13
— Tenure (The Podglomerate)
— Yet Another (E.B. Moss)
— The Biz of Bizzy Audiences (Sounds Profitable)
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RAIN Notes: January 9
— What’s It About? (Matt Deegan)
— Critique (Mood Machine)
— Yet Another Role (Arielle Nissenblatt)
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Nearing a milestone, PodcastOne celebrates higher ranking
“Nearly 1 billion downloads” — that’s part of a double brag released by PodcastOne. Not as exact as the company probably wishes, but reinforced by a ranking jump, from 13th to 8th most prolific podcast publisher in the U.S. for December 2024. The press release is placed on the Nasdaq website Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 8
— Innately Personal (Jennifer Witz
— Exponential (E.B. Moss)
— Mapping Serialization (Dan Misener)
— Dream Come Tru (Buzz Knight Media) Continue Reading
Spotify unleashes new creator program, promises “a better way to earn”
“A better way to earn.” That’s Spotify’s promise to creators as the streaming behemoth launches the Spotify Partner Program, a new monetization system for creators in four continents. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: January 6
— Terry Foxx (Black Information Network)
— Leading Intelligence (Hetal Thaker Patel)
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Steve Goldstein: Sharp Takes and Timeless Lessons from Podcasting and Beyond
Guest columnist Steve Goldstein reviews the just-ended 2023 with a collection of insights and perspectives culled from conversation, interviews, and Steve’s own reflections. It’s “a quick highlight reel of actionable ideas and thought-provoking takeaways,” featuring celebrated thought leaders, mostly in podcasting. Continue Reading
Analytics; RSS; formats. 28 Podcasting Predictions (CoHost)
End-of-year podcasting predictions are articulated by 28 podcast industry leaders in the end-of-year feature published by CoHost, the podcast hosting and solutions provider. Among the herd of prediction articles we’ve seen, this one is unusually deep and well packaged Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: December 19
— Philosophical (Evergreen Podacsts)
— Mission Critical (Podnews)
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Defining podcasting 2025: Podimo year-end global trend report
The end-of-year stream of research reports continues apace. Podcast/audiobook platform Podimo has produced The 2024 Global Trend Report, promising “a year of stories and reactions in 2024, and the trends that will define podcasting in 2025.” A surprising lack of graphics encourages reading more than quick glances; no complaint here. Click for highlights and a link.
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RAIN Notes: December 16
— Slipping Into The Role (Slipstream / Jonathan Lane)
— Spotify Rapped (Spotify)
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