The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) released its full-year 2021 report of worldwide recorded music revenue. As with the recent U.S. report supplied by the RIAA, streaming music was the leading revenue category around the world in 2021. Click for details, graphic, and report download. Continue Reading
In The Infinite Dial 2022, released today in a live-theater webinar at Podcast Movement Evolutions, podcast listening was shown to pull back from high levels during Covid lifestyle changes. The shift indicated a return to pre-Covid lifestyles of work and school, at least to some extent, among monthly and weekly podcast listeners. Click for details and graphics. Continue Reading
Some buzz has developed around the idea of Spotify taking interest in NFTs. The evidence for this seems to come mainly from job listings that mention web3, the buzzword for cutting-edge online trends that include meta environment, blockchain decentralized ownership of digital things, and NFTs. Click for details and speculation. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— New Phase (Kelli Hurley)
— Acquisitional (The Verge)
— Smartest (Tom Truitt)
In a significant upgrade to its reporting features and production requirements, Apple Podcasts has released and defined new podcast metrics for subscription podcast owners, and audio guidelines for subscription podcast producers. Click for details and screenshot of the new metrics dashboard. Continue Reading
In a blog post written by Fred Jacobs, Jacobs Media reveals that in-car broadcast radio listening, as a percentage of time spent listening, is at its lowest point in a span of 2018 to 2022. This teaser result is from the upcoming annual Techsurvey presentation scheduled for release in April. Podcasting shows an interesting movement, too. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Smart Annoyances (WaPo)
— Easy Intimacy (Entrepreneur)
— Kid Kaboom (Hollywood Reporter)
When Spotify acquired Chartable and Podsights last month, it was clearly stated that Chartable would be integrated with Spotify-owned hosting and monetization platform Megaphone. Today we learn of progress in that integration. Chartable is winding down its attribution work and throwing it over to former competitor Podsights. Continue Reading
by Steve Goldstein
In the latest guest column from Steve Goldstein, he marches through a litany of podcast listening apps, “a curious business” according to Steve. “Developing a large following is hard and expensive, yet the apps keep coming.” It’s difficult — but not impossible — to break through to scale. Continue Reading
Magellan AI released its always-interesting Top Spenders chart, listing the highest 15 spenders for February. BetterHelp lands in the #1 spot, as it has for (at least) the last 11 months that RAIN has tracked the movements in this ranker. Click for RAIN’s 11-month comparison chart. Continue Reading
Triton Digital has released the February edition of its U.S. Podcast Report, and we see Stitcher in the #1 slot as with the previous report. Audacy (#2) and NPR (#3) switch position from the previous month. The placements are based on average weekly downloads. Click for some context on this. Continue Reading
The Podcast Academy has announced milestone podcast Serial as the winner of the Governors Award at this year’s 2nd annual The Ambies podcast awards. The ceremony is March 22. The honor, which is chosen by The Podcast Academy Board of Governors, recognizes the impact that a podcast or individual has had on the industry. Continue Reading