James Cridland returns with a richly informative newsletter about radio around the world. In this week’s edition: Classy radio exits. Reporting of inept radio. Praise for Pierre Bouvard’s data-based advice. And more. Continue Reading
Media company OZY Media, which created a tornado of news coverage and legal fallout when it announced over the weekend that it would cease operations, plugged itself back in Monday morning in what founder Carlos Watson called “our Lazarus moment.” Details inside. Continue Reading
The 2021 edition of the annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards is out. This remarkable celebration of podcasting excellence is basically crowdsourced — listeners and podcasters select all the nominees and all the winners. Not only a meritocracy, but the results furnish a remarkable trove of discovery. Continue Reading
Global audio streaming service Deezer celebrated International Podcast Day with a metrics release revealing the rise in podcast listening and top shows. Click for details and an infographic. Continue Reading
Presumably (but not explicitly) in honor of International Podcast Day, Apple released two podcast charts: Top Subscriptions, and Top Free Channels. This is the first ranking released by the company since those two programs started three months ago. Click for the details. Continue Reading
As an International Podcast Day commemoration, Acast devised a promotional campaign meant to celebrate podcasting, and selected podcasters. It uses dynamic insertion to place messages from leading creators across the network. Continue Reading
For International Podcast Day, the Omny Studios blog posted a metrics roundup comparing year-over-year statistics from IPD 2020-2021. Omny is mainly an enterprise hosting platform which serves podcasts from an international array of major media brands and radio groups. Click through for several interesting results and graphics. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Exporting to English (Spotify)
— Happy Birthday (iHeartMedia)
— Videoaudio (Kast Media)
Trading on the title of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, and on his own status as co-founder of the esteemed Earwolf comedy podcast network, Scott Aukerman is partnering with Acast to create Comedy Bang! Bang! World, a slate of premium podcast programming. Continue Reading
This week we reported on Spotify’s new brand marketing campaign and name change of its advertising division. Today the company informs us that a neurological study — a kind of “your brain on Spotify –accompanied that effort. Click through for details and graphics. Continue Reading
Global-owned digital audio exchange DAX is splashing a new partnership with podcast network Breakbeat Media. In the arrangement, DAX will exclusively represent audio ad sales for Breakbeat’s podcast portfolio. Ex-Spotify global exec Les Hollander is DAX CEO. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Oops (RAIN)
— Take Two (Ximalaya)
— Doing Good for Bad (Ashley Flowers)