The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — the global trade organization of the record industry — is announcing today a new initiative to combat streaming fraud. Named the Streaming Integrity Initiative (SII), the project establishes a set of baseline practices. Click for details. Continue Reading
Radio on 9/11/2001 On this 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, we wanted to look back at radio coverage of that catastrophic emergency that nobody was prepared for. (THIS POST CAN BE UPSETTING TO READ.) We found this… Continue Reading
Last week we covered an interesting research finding from Edison Research. We learned that fiction audiobook consumers prefer AI to human narration … some of the time, in some ways. This week we attended a deep-dive webinar produced by Edison and sponsored by Spoken: The AI Audiobook Company. Hosted by Edison VP Megan Lazovick and Spoken founder/CEO Philip Marshall, It provided details of the underlying research conducted by Edison. Continue Reading
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Hollywood Reporter has launched a Microdrama Chart, believed to be the first ranking of vertical drama. (Vertical dramas are Small-format video stories meant to be consumed on smartphones.) Owl & Co produces a data engine which powers the chart. Continue Reading
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K-Pop band BTS is making news with its latest album, titled ARIRANG. Using a vinyl-first product strategy, and partnering with data and insights company Luminate (which powers the Billboard music charts), a case study of vinyl album success results. Continue Reading
The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act which would stop car makers from removing AM reception from new vehicles, is inching along its laborious path to ratification. Continue Reading
In a large research study in which Edison Research surveyed over a thousand U.S. adults audiobook listeners, respondents preferred AI-driven multi-voice performances to traditional single-voice narration. There is another meaningful result which might surprise many. Continue Reading
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the influential trade and advocacy group, has released its mid-year report. It’s a state-of-the-industry snapshot that also includes a ten-year view of revenue growth. Today’s release puts the 2026 mid-year status in a larger 10-year perspective Continue Reading
In one of the most intriguing surveys we’ve seen in a field which generates surveys aplenty, Edison Research at SSRS has announced AI vs. Human Audiobook Narration: A Blinded Survey of 1,000 Listeners. This piece of work will be presented via webinar. Click for details and registration link. Continue Reading
In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today: highlights from September 2016.
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