Comprehensive coverage of the podcasting industry and its business ecosystem.
Here are five podcasts that you might find enjoyable, interesting, curious, and/or inspiring. If you host, publish, or listen to a podcast that you’d like to recommend for this new recurring feature in RAIN, drop a line to kurt@accuradio.com. (For… Continue Reading
Broadcast and podcast ad sales company AdLarge Media announced today that Matt Turck, co-founder of Megaphone (acquired by Spotify in December of 2020) has joined their has leadership team as Head of Podcast Growth and Strategy According to the announcement:… Continue Reading
In a weekend posting on the NPR.com website, the broadcaster looked back on its 17 years of activity in the podcasting space, including the podcast directory it launched in August 2005. As the article, “Nearly forgotten today, alt.NPR was a… Continue Reading
Boston-based serial entrepreneur Paul English has sold his latest venture, podcast discovery app Moonbeam, to Audacy, with plans to plow the proceeds into his newly launched startup incubator, the Boston Globe reported this week. According to the paper, “English declined to… Continue Reading
Australia-based futurist and noted public speaker James Cridland poses an intriguing question on his Podnews website this week, speculating that the late comedian and actor Robin Williams may deserve credit for being the world’s first podcaster. Cridland’s argument is based… Continue Reading
Resound, a new editing app that uses AI to automatically removes stuttering and pauses from podcasts, has announced that it has raised $1.35M in pre-seed funding. Their website explains, “A boutique podcast production company in Louisville, KY by the name… Continue Reading
From today’s press release: Acast, the world’s largest independent podcast company, has signed an agreement to acquire Podchaser, the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative podcast database. The planned acquisition brings together two champions of the open podcast ecosystem, strengthening and… Continue Reading
Two more executives at Rogers-owned Pacific Content, which produces branded podcasts for a portfolio of North American brands — Director of Audience Development Dan Misener and Head of Strategy Jonas Woost — announced their departure last week. They follow the… Continue Reading
Using recent data from Podsights, Edison Research, and Nielsen, Westwood One exec Pierre Bouvard has issued a new report making a case for podcast advertisers to spread their ad buys across a greater number of podcasts to increase their campaign… Continue Reading
Nominations for the sixth annual British Podcast Awards were announced last night, spanning 30 categories and with 10 nominees in most categories. Nominees can be seen here. Categories include: Best Arts & Culture Podcast Best Interview Best Branded Podcast Best… Continue Reading
In its wide-ranging and detailed survey of news consumption around the world, Reuters discovered that podcast usage is growing again in 2022 after what it describes as a “COVID-19 pause.” In its conclusion to the general metrics section, Reuters makes a sober assessment about global news consumption across all media categories. Click for details and graphics. Continue Reading
In Podtrac’s Top Podcast Publishers monthly ranker for May we learn that the metrics for download growth were on a slight upswing (1%) month-over-month, and a sharper growth of 32% year-over-year. (Podtrac measures its clients.) Click through for the results and the RAIN remix, which re-sorts the top publishers by average listeners and downloads per show. Continue Reading