RAIN Notes: Wednesday, December 15
Jottings of Note
— The Shift Is Underway… (The Verge)
— …and a Successful Shift (True Native Media)
— New Standards (AIR)
News
Food delivery services reach an eager audience via podcasting: Nielsen
New information released from Nielsen’s ongoing Podcast Listening Buying Power survey shows that podcast listeners are twice as likely to use food delivery services, according to a research bulletin sent to RAIN. Food delivery is broken out to three types: Restaurant delivery, meal kits, and grocery delivery. Click through for details and infographics. Continue Reading
Jokes are lyrics: Royalty activism on behalf of comedians raised to new pitch
Copyright activists, comedians, and streaming services have roiled during the last week over new efforts to pay comedians for their ownership of written material in addition to royalties for recordings of comedy albums. Right administrator Spoken Giants is in the middle of it. Some comedy albums have been removed from some streaming services. Click to untangle the controversy. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Friday, December 10
Jottings of Note
— The Best (Edison Research)
— Who’s Who (Podnews)
— Quick Study (SXM Media)
Small podcasts: merch for money. Big podcasts: self-sold ads.
Sirius XM-owned podcast company Stitcher released an array of year-end statistics. They include a surge of new listening, and a survey of how podcasts of different sizes make money. Click through for some detail and a link to the entire thing. Continue Reading
SCA partners with Network 10 for podcast production and distribution
Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) is announcing a deepened existing relationship with Australian TV network and podcast producer Network 10. The tie-up is a multi-year agreement for distribution, hosting, sales representation, and development of new podcast co-productions in 2022 and beyond. Click for details and Network 10’s existing podcasts. Continue Reading
November saw fewest new podcast launches in over a year
Fewer new podcasts were dropped in November than in any month in a year, including last November. This according to the stats page at podcast stats company Listen Notes. There were 9.728 new shows launched in November, down from over 16,000 in October, and far fewer than the 87,448 new shows introduced in November, 2020. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Tuesday, December 7
Jottings of Note
— Just Don’t (James Cridland / Winslow Bright)
— Feelz of the Season (Deezer)
— Executive Layer (Spoken Layer)
Audience slightly up, downloads flat (Podtrac) and RAIN Remix of November ranker
In the November Top Podcast Publishers list from Podtrac, U.S. Unique Monthly Downloads were flat mon over month, and year over year. In the RAIN Remix we re-sort the ranker on an average per-show basis within each network. Click to the see info graphics. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Friday, December 3
Jottings of Note
— And the Winner Will Be… (Webby Awards)
— Fixing It (EFF)
— Fake Rogan (Tim Heidecker)
Spotify reports double-, triple- quadruple-digit podcast listening growth
A day after Spotify’s end-of-year Wrapped product, the company releases Wrapped for Publishers. It offers podcast listening metrics in 2021. It is stuffed with growth in double-, triple-, and even quadruple-digit percentage increases. Click through for details and a link to Spotify’s PDF. Continue Reading
IAB announces Podcast Upfront for May 2022 — virtual again
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released its event schedule for the first half of 2022. The slate includes the IAB Podcast Upfront and the IAB NewFronts. The organization has also added a new showcase. Click for details. Continue Reading