Spotify has launched the Creator Milestone Awards to honor successful podcasts. It’s about metrics — no quality judgment in this recognition. Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards are bestowed, Olympics style. The winners are ranked by number of Spotify streams. Click forwinners and other details. Continue Reading
— Two On The Board & One Award (IAB)
— Surfing (Libsyn)
— Good New Days (Paul Riismandel) Continue Reading
— Two Views (The Motley Fool)
— Justifiably Emotional? (The Economist) Continue Reading
Amplitude Media Partners (AMP) has created an exclusive sales partnership with podcast agency The Podglomerate, which represents over 70 podcasts. Those shows drive 30-million monthly downloads. Continue Reading
AM/FM radio dominates the audio landscape in America, but new content and distribution platforms are experiencing consumer adoption and growth. Hence the Cumulus Media Audioscape 2025, produced in partnership with Edison Research, Maru/Matchbox, Nielsen, and Advertiser Perceptions. Click for key points and graphics, and the free-download link. Continue Reading
— Loss (Gary Krantz)
— A Lot of Newness (Instreamatic)
— Virtual Goods and Bads (Virtually Parkinson Podcast)
— A Passion For Building (SoundStack / John Morris)
— How Audiences Differ (Sounds Profitable)
— Lacking The Buzz? (Virtually Parkinson Podcast)
— At The Vanguard (Miami MusicTech) Continue Reading
In a newly released chart, Edison Research illustrates new research findings about daily audio listening. The key point is that daily listening in the home showed a second consecutive year of decline. This trend follows a Covid spike of in-home listening that peaked in 2022. Click for detail and the Edison chart. Continue Reading
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