James Cridland is Managing Director of media.info, and an Australia-based radio futurologist. He is a consultant, writer and public speaker who concentrates on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business. Find out more or subscribe at http://james.cridland.net
James Cridland’s articles
- Radio’s future – is it live or on-demand? A presentation I made at Next Radio, and again in Vienna (with one extra slide for the Austrians).
- While in a Vienna hotel room, I recorded a podcast with Richard Marks for asiCasts about radio. (He didn’t sing “Hazard”, much to my sadness). It’ll be published some time this week.
- “Anything that helps us make better radio will benefit us all.” – which is why Next Radio videos are free to watch.
- This is the future of the radio – an interview I did in Vienna
United States
- After Hurricane Irma Blew Away Power, Century-Old Technology Became Lifeline For Locals In The Keys – it’s lovely seeing stories about the resilience of radio, but a bit sad calling it “century-old technology”. We don’t say a newspaper is “technology dating back to 1440″…
- Mediabase (“what’s on the radio”) vs. Spotify. Interesting differences. Lefsetz reckons it proves radio is dead.
- TuneIn launches First Play, an early-release podcast service – interesting and clever idea
- Lazy Buggles Headline Alert – and it’s about Pandora, not radio!
- With Libsyn? Your podcast stats are going to go down.
- Is there much growth left in podcast listening?
- iHeartRadio inks hospitality industry deal, bringing music to hotel guests – this is some clever marketing
- Spotify’s self-serve ad platform is now beta testing in the U.S. – poses the question why radio stations haven’t been doing this for years. Or have they?
- A toilet-paper holder radio. Just what you’ve always wanted. /HT Matt Deegan
- Gospell Unveils GR-227 Digital Radio Adaptor (for a car. Has DAB and DRM.)
United Kingdom
- The Beat of Tomorrow – The New Yorker covers a small London station
- “Anything that helps us make better radio will benefit us all.” – which is why Next Radio videos are free to watch.
- While in a Vienna hotel room, I recorded a podcast with Richard Marks for asiCasts about radio. (He didn’t sing “Hazard”, much to my sadness). It’ll be published some time this week.
- “22 things I learnt about audio from three days in London and an hour on a boat”
- Radio 3 at 50
- I’m enjoying Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port – this week with added Late Night Iain Lee