RAIN Notes: Thursday, July 8
Jottings of Note
— The Crossover (NATPE)
— Bruce (Evergreen Podcasts)
— AI update (Veritone)
News
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, July 7
Jottings of Note
— Sane Sounds (Steve Keller, Pandora)
— RSS Forever (Ross Adams, Acast)
— A Royal Hire (Archewell Audio)
Audacy adds hundreds of curated streaming stations for a “listener-centric digital content experience.” We test.
The Audacy app, the streaming component of the Audacy corporation which operates the second-largest group of commercial radio stations in the U.S., has built a large collection of new streaming stations — 350 of them, all human-curated. We test it. That doesn’t go well, but we still like the idea. Continue Reading
As conversational marketing becomes prevalent, new research reveals how consumers use voice AI now
New research from Vixen Labs, the Open Voice Network, and research company Delineate presumes an incoming era of conversational marketing. The survey of 6,000 people in the US, UK, and Germany seeks to understand how voice AI is used now. This post covers Part 1. Click through for data and graphics. Continue Reading
As new podcasts leap, top podcasts remain the same (Stitcher app study)
In a newly released annual study from Stitcher, we learn that top podcasts remain mostly unchanged in an annual comparison of Stitcher app data, much as they do in the many monthly rankers we report. Click through for details, other metrics, and illustrations. Continue Reading
Megyn Kelly moves her podcast to SiriusXM
In a deal whose details are undisclosed, ex-FOX-NBC anchor and interviewer Megyn Kelly will move her popular podcast (The Megyn Kelly Show) to SiriusXM on the Triumph Channel. Doing so moves the show behind a subscription paywall and out of… Continue Reading
Private podcasting warms up with venture funding of Castos
The boutique market of in-house podcasting for distributing company-private information might be warming up with a new investment: Castos, a wordPress-powere private podcasting host has raised $756,000 from a coalition of investors. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Friday, July 2
Jottings of Note
— Dutch Downloads (Triton Digital)
— Hispanic Excellence (Hispanic Radio Conference)
— Summer Predictions (Spotify)
Facebook podcasts: Where are they?
It has been nearly two weeks since Facebook’s June 21 announcement that podcast listening was added to the platform. The plan was a limited roll-out with four selected podcasters. We check their pages excitedly to try Facebook’s first audio-specific platform experience. Crickets. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Thursday, July 1
Jottings of Note
— Sitting in the Chair (Bill Wilson / NAB)
— Advising (Gary Krantz / Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips)
— Bilingual Research (Edison Research)
“Smartless” podcast goes to Amazon Music for $80M reported. Not entirely exclusive.
The rights to the Smartless podcast, a comedy/celebrity interview show hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes, have been acquired by Amazon. The reported price for the three-year deal is $80-million, and Amazon will deploy a windowed exclusivity model, starting August 1. Continue Reading
Podcast Radio unleashes movie-theater ad promoting the all-podcast UK station
We got a note from Podcast Radio, the all-podcast DAB station in the UK, revealing a newly produced video ad. The spot, produced by by award-winning production agency Contented, will run in several UK movie chain theaters nationwide. It’s quite dynamic — click through to see the ad. Continue Reading