Podcast Radio, the DAB+ all-podcast radio station in the UK, has hooked up with Triton Digital’s ad-tech suite for the delivery, monetization, and measurement of its online streams. Continue Reading
Podcast Taxonomy, a consortium which establishes and defines creative roles in podcasting, has announced eight board members. Click through to see them. The new board plans to convene quarterly. Continue Reading
Facebook belatedly joins the audio age today … but just barely. The company is simultaneously launching Facebook Podcasts and the new Audio Rooms product. Click through for descriptions, details, and speculations. Continue Reading
Australian audio company ARN has gained exclusive podcast Australian ad sales representation for The New York Times, the company announces. The deal facilitates Australian advertisers reaching the entire NYT portfolio. ARN also operates the iHeartPodcast Network Australia. Continue Reading
The periodic podcast reports from leading technology and metrics companies create a drumbeat that sounds nearly identical month after month. Changes in ranking order are rare in the top 10 or 20 measurement slots, no matter what the metric. The latest from Triton Digital shows a shift in the #1 spot, but the margin is paper-thin. Continue Reading
The w3 Awards are an annual recognition program for excellence in website presentation, marketing, video, mobile site, mobile apps, social presences … and this year, podcasts. Tons of categories, and they differ substantially from how Apple sorts podcasts. We like it. Continue Reading
SXM Media, the audio ad network that combines SiriusXM, Pandora, and Stitcher ad-supported content, is now offering podcast transcriptions to help target audiences based on granular subject matter signals. This beta feature is enabled by an AdsWizz tool. Click for details. Continue Reading
Podcast hosting, content, and advertising company Acast has launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq North Premier Growth Market. Co-founder Johan Billgren made the announcement. Continue Reading
Edison Research has released a research nibble from the company’s ongoing Share of Ear consumer research, as it does from time to time. This one is a measure of Americans’ keenness to pay for audio via subscription. That number has more than doubled since 2015. Click for details and a prediction. Continue Reading
This is Sean Rameswaram, host of the news podcast Today, Explained, explaining his promotion: ““Eight hundred episodes in, I couldn’t be more thrilled to have finally been promoted to co-host of Today, Explained.” That was tongue-in-cheek, and there is more to the announcement. Continue Reading
“You wanna know who we’re crawling into bed with this time? […] We are now officially in an exclusive relationship with Spotify.” –Alex Cooper’s in-character announcement of a buyout deal with Spotify. The high-rated show will be exclusive starting July 14. Continue Reading
A 2021 Kantar study of American employees found that 83% of respondents are interesting in getting company news via podcasts, and 78% would like to hear from company leadership via internal podcasts. An appetite for work-specific audio is the impetus behind FieldCast — which supported the Kantar research — a full-service platform for private enterprise podcasting. Continue Reading