RAIN Notes: Wednesday, November 3
Jottings of Note
— Mad Scientist Myth Busting (Bryan Barletta)
— Port It Over (Deezer)
— Smart Car (Land Rover)
News
Edison/NPR plan new edition of The Spoken Word Audio Report
Spoken word audio is a distinct media category. How much has it increased in the last year? “It’s a lot!” hints Edison Research and partner NPR. The industry will get that number and a raft of others in the new edition of The Spoken Word Audio Report, presented as a live webinar. Click for details and free registration. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Tuesday, November 2
Jottings of Note
— Shifting Conversation (Afros & Audio)
— Deep Cover (Cumulus Media & Imperative Ent.)
— Two out of Three (Eric Nuzum)
RAIN Notes: Monday, November 1
Jottings of Note
— Don’t (Forbes on podcast music)
— Profound Fakery (“We Interrupt This Broadcast”)
— Missing (Spotify/Parcast)
October new podcasts sharply down; Covid effect waning
Checking Listen Notes, we see that about 12,000 new podcasts were created in October, far below the 30,000+ shows launched in September, which was substantially lower than August (43,000). It’s part of trend fluctuations strongly influenced by Covid during the past two years. Click through for monthly and annual perspectives. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Friday, October 29
Jottings of Note
— Not Enough of a Good Thing (Spotify)
— Heat (Amazon Music)
— Money Upfront (DARKO)
Independent podcasts shine in The Xfronts Indie Podcast Upfronts
The second annual Xfronts was held today as a virtual promoting the indie layer of podcast publishers and networks to advertier brands and agencies. Click through for highlights, pics, and links. Continue Reading
Spotify Q3: Growth in users, revenue, profit, with emphasis on podcasting
In Spotify’s public-facing Q3 earning summary, the word “music” is used 10 times; the word “podcast” is used 17 times. That’s not to say that podcasting is a more important revenue driver than music, but the category certainly led the discussion in today’s early-morning investor call. Click for details and financials. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, October 27
Jottings of Note
— Deadly (Evergreen Podcasts)
— Read-along Audio (SXM Media)
— Cold Case (Imperative / Cumulus / Vespucci)
Rumor Fact(ory): Amazon building a live audio app to compete with … everyone else
Today The Verge is a hub for rumors that Amazon is building what might be called another Clubhouse competitor. From what we (don’t exactly) know, it sounds like it might also compete with Spotify’s Greenroom, Spotify Shows, Twitter Spaces, Facebook Audio Rooms, and others. Continue Reading
SiriusXM takes over exclusive ad sales for Crime Junkie / Audiochuck
SiriusXM is announcing today that its SXM Media group has obtained exclusive ad-repping for Crime Junkie, a persistent top-10 podcast (currently #2 in Apple’s All Podcasts list for the U.S., as of this post), and for all shows within the Audiochuck network of which Crime Junkie is the flagship. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Monday, October 25
Jottings of Note
— Heat (Vox Media)
— Breakage? (WIRED on Spotify)
— Incoming (Sony Music Podcasts)