iHeartMedia has launched iHeartRadio’s Black and Inspired HBCU Celebration, a four-episode podcast series that celebrates Black culture and the alumni community of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The first episode has dropped. Continue Reading
Public media organization PRX today announced podcasts from its award-winning portfolio are now available free to audiences via Audacy, on the multi-platform audio company’s digital platform. Audacy has been piling content into its app recently. Click for more info. Continue Reading
Amazon Music has introduced synchronized, navigable transcripts to selected podcasts. We test the new feature, and find it well executed on the whole, delightful to use, and an important usability innovation. Click for details. Continue Reading
Veritonic has sent around notice of an addition to the analytics company’s audio advertising effectiveness reporting — it is brand lift, the recollection and perception of a brand and its messaging. Launch partner Katz Digital Audio used the new technology in a podcast campaign purchased by a U.S. state to increase Covid vaccination favorability. Click through for the case study. Continue Reading
AdvertiseCast has released its always interesting report on cost-of-advertising as measured by CPM (cost per 1,000 impressions). CPM is a benchmark of podcasting’s steady value to advertisers, and a measure of podcasting’s unique values in a marketing campaign. Click through for the numbers. Continue Reading
In an interesting and inventive crossover, all of Audacy’s Top 40 stations will play a portion of Treat, a “podcast movie” produced by C13Features, on Hollywood night. C13Features is a unit within Audacy-owned Cadence13. It’s an homage to old-time radio drama … and, of course, a powerful podcast promotion. Click for details. Continue Reading
Magellan AI has released its Q3 Podcast Advertising Benchmark Report, revealing and fascinating as previous editions. In it, we see key metrics pointing to vigorous growth of podcast ad spending, in volume, dollars, and new advertising brands entering the space. Continue Reading
In yesterday’s initial coverage of Spotify’s Q3 earnings report, we noted that the word “podcast” was used 17 times in the company’s official release, while the word “music” was used 10 times. In the hour-long earnings call, the emphasis was even more on podcasting, which was mentioned 48 times, while “music” was spoken a mere eight times. Hence the emphasis on podcasting as a business priority in the global leading streaming audio platform. Click a lot of info and quotes. Continue Reading
by Steve Goldstein In this guest column, Steve conducts a fascinating (and very frank) interview with Gordon Borrell of Borrell Associates. It’s crystal ball time, and Borrell has no sugar coating. “Linear broadcasters or publishers really should be looking at 2031. There is clear data to project what ten years from now will look like… and it does not look good.” This is really about the growth, belated and necessary, of local news coverage in the podcast category. It’s a “massive opportunity” in this conversation. A must-read.
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Research company eMarketer has conducted a global survey of podcast listening, from which it has formulated a projection of global reach to 2024. In addition, eMarketer has released a table showing reach by country in 18 regions. Click for the numbers. Continue Reading
Renewing a deal that started in 2018, Acast and the BBC have renewed their arrangement for a second three-year period. Acast will sell ads in BBC podcasts outside of the UK. It is strictly an international arrangement; the BBC arranges its podcast sponsorships directed to UK listeners. Continue Reading
From iHeartRadio we receive a notice that Paris Hilton is at the center of a new podcast production, Trapped In Treatment. It will launch in 2022, and is a combined effort of the celebrity with four media companies: iHeartMedia, London Audio (a division of 11:11 Media), Warner Bros., Unscripted Television, and Telepictures. Continue Reading