Interviews with, and contributions from, the most perceptive voices in the online audio industry.
Steve Pratt of Pacific Content shares a large collection of expert insights on what they expect in podcasting next year. The pros have a range of predictions, including consolidation, proliferation, diversity, and reaching $1 billion. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Articles about customer service from stations, a competition from Ghana, and an election blind date. Continue Reading
by Dan Misener
Pacific Content’s head of audience development tracks the year’s trends in podcast episode length. He observes some overall trends as well as break-downs by category. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Questions and conspiracy theories swirl around the BBC. Several items about Aussie radio. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Developments in personalized audio from Spotify and Google Assistant. Possible new stations at the BBC, and presenter changes at TripleJ. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Ransomware attack on Entercom. Asia radio stats. Podcasts on radio. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: A breakout of RAJAR radio station data. More on last week’s UK lawsuit against TuneIn. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Digging into a UK ruling against TuneIn. Being the voice of your local bus. Other audio insights and analysis. Continue Reading
Jeff Vidler shares key statistics about podcast listenership from the Canadian Podcast Listener report. In this guest post, he explains that podcasts are not a threat to broadcast radio’s listening time, but rather offer an opportunity to connect with more consumers. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: LBC News launches in the UK. Radioplayer arrives in Italy. Stats on DAB in Australia. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Diving into data from the RAJAR MIDAS in the UK, the Radio Alive presentations in Australia, and the Infinite Dial Germany. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Several updates centered on the BBC. The Economist on the (distant) driverless car future. Much more. Continue Reading