RAIN Notes: Monday, July 12
Jottings of Note
— Accredited (Stony Brook University)
— Resuming the Conversation (Vox)
— Immortality (Radio Hall of Fame)
Podcast power listeners drive big numbers of listening hours (Stitcher report, Part 2)
The Stitcher Podcasting Report 2021 examines listening and user metrics within the Stitcher app, which, because of its popularity and scale, might be considered a guide to user tendencies at wider scale. In Part 2 of our coverage, we see revealing charts which illustrate power listeners driving becoming more voracious over time. Continue Reading
“VENT Documentaries” win top honor at British Podcast Awards; 28 honorees; great discovery field
Twenty-eight 1st-place awards, and three times that many total awards, were bestowed over the weekend by the British Podcast Awards. VENT Documentaries won Podcast of the Year — a show in which investigative stories are told by young people from a single London borough. The winner list of nearly 90 shows provides great discovery browsing, especially for American audiences. Click for details and link. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends: Vale Jono Coleman, and the birth of talkRADIO, er, TV
by James Cridland
James Cridland returns with a richly informative newsletter about radio around the world. In this edition he joins UK mourning for Jonathan “Jono” Coleman, who died two days ago. ALSO: the BBC annual report, news from Australia’s SCA, new ad delivery technology from AdsWizz, and more. Continue Reading
What people use voice assistants to search for (Vixen Labs study part 2)
We take a second look at the Voice Consumer Index 2021 study from Vixen Labs. In this part: What do consumers search for, and which industries benefit most? Click for details and graphics. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Thursday, July 8
Jottings of Note
— The Crossover (NATPE)
— Bruce (Evergreen Podcasts)
— AI update (Veritone)
Podtrac June rankers: Few changes as podcasting continues to lock in successes
Podtrac has released the June edition of its two monthly rankers: Top Podcasts and Top Podcast Publishers. Regular followers of these lists can probably recite the top three in each. Stability reigns both in the podcast and publishers list, and also in the overall measurements. Click for details and the lists. Continue Reading
Launch sponsors and new shows for iHeartMedia’s My Cultura podcast network
iHeartMedia has disclosed a trio of launch sponsors for the company’s My Cultura podcast network, which seeks to amplify Latinx voices. In addition, four new shows with July launch dates are detailed. The company promises a monthly drumbeat of new My Cultura shows. Continue Reading
PodcastOne: New partnership and new platform
PodcastOne, an acquired unit of LiveXLive Media, is grabbing attention this week with two developments: a new content partnership, and a new self-serve podcast hosting platform. Click through for details about upcoming shows, and how the hosting platform works. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, July 7
Jottings of Note
— Sane Sounds (Steve Keller, Pandora)
— RSS Forever (Ross Adams, Acast)
— A Royal Hire (Archewell Audio)
Audacy adds hundreds of curated streaming stations for a “listener-centric digital content experience.” We test.
The Audacy app, the streaming component of the Audacy corporation which operates the second-largest group of commercial radio stations in the U.S., has built a large collection of new streaming stations — 350 of them, all human-curated. We test it. That doesn’t go well, but we still like the idea. Continue Reading
As conversational marketing becomes prevalent, new research reveals how consumers use voice AI now
New research from Vixen Labs, the Open Voice Network, and research company Delineate presumes an incoming era of conversational marketing. The survey of 6,000 people in the US, UK, and Germany seeks to understand how voice AI is used now. This post covers Part 1. Click through for data and graphics. Continue Reading