Advertisers will spend increase podcast ad spending, but at a lower rate than a year ago. This projection comes from the IAB’s 2025 Outlook: A Snapshot into Ad Spend, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth. The IAB asserts that this report “provides critical insights into what’s ahead for audio advertising and podcasts.” Click for numbers and the IAB chart. Continue Reading
We follow yesterday’s introduction to the 2024 Year-End Music Report, with a second piece of coverage. In the first part we learned how U.S. audio influences global streaming metrics, and also how independent distribution dominates “Major Distribution.” Today we cover more ground in the 90-page report. Click for details and illustrations. Continue Reading
Entertainment analytics company Luminate released its 2024 Year-End Music Report, a global analysis of fan behavior and consumption metrics across all types of listening. We dig in for part one of detailed coverage. Continue Reading
Branded podcast producer and brand consultancy Amaze Media Labs notifies us that Audiencelift 2.0 has been released — the latest iteration of the company’s podcast growth platform. Click for the details and development history. Continue Reading
Guest columnist Steve Goldstein reviews the just-ended 2023 with a collection of insights and perspectives culled from conversation, interviews, and Steve’s own reflections. It’s “a quick highlight reel of actionable ideas and thought-provoking takeaways,” featuring celebrated thought leaders, mostly in podcasting. Continue Reading
In a notably exacting survey goal, Edison Research queried U.S. survey subjects about which platforms they recalled using to hear discussions about the recent U.S. presidential election. Continue Reading
Video/audio streaming site Video has prevailed in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by major music labels Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music. This is not the first time Vimeo has tangled with labels over the same issue, as RAIN reported in 2016 in Capital Records vs. Vimeo. The fulcrum in both cases is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), enacted in 1998.
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— Equitable Coverage (iHeartMedia)
— A The Vanguard (Miami MusicTech 2025)
— CES + AI = Webinar (Jacobs Media
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— Tenure (The Podglomerate)
— Yet Another (E.B. Moss)
— The Biz of Bizzy Audiences (Sounds Profitable)
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We learn from Music Business Worldwide that Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek has cashed $27.8 million in Spotify stock (SPOT). While an interesting observation, the cash trade does not imply any negative sentiment. Click for info and the stock chart. Continue Reading
— What’s It About? (Matt Deegan)
— Critique (Mood Machine)
— Yet Another Role (Arielle Nissenblatt)
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“Nearly 1 billion downloads” — that’s part of a double brag released by PodcastOne. Not as exact as the company probably wishes, but reinforced by a ranking jump, from 13th to 8th most prolific podcast publisher in the U.S. for December 2024. The press release is placed on the Nasdaq website Continue Reading