RAIN Notes: September 24, 2025
Post-acquisition Promotion Audioboom
Acquiring Daylight Qcode
New Chapter Lindsay Adams
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Mobile device vs AM/FM receiver: Listening choice depends on urban/rural breakout (Edison Research)
The question is broad: How do Americans 13+ listen to audio? Edison Research frames that question as a comparison of two options: Mobile device AM/FM receiver In addition, there is a geographic breakout which measures Edison’s survey results in three… Continue Reading
Media’s most personal format gets AI-ified (Inception Point AI launch)
It’s a collision of values. The pride of podcasting is its personality. The value of AI is its automated replicability. Unstoppable force meets immovable object. That’s one way to frame the launch of Inception Point AI, a podcast creation machine which reportedly produces 3,000 podcast episodes per week. Click for details and public indusry reactions. Continue Reading
Audacy makes cross-continental deal with Southern Cross Austereo
U.S.-based content and entertainment company Audacy has partnered with audio content company LiSTNR. The thrust of it is that Listnr will provide sales repping and distribution of Audacy’s content. Click for details. Continue Reading
Steve Goldstein: The Tsunami of AI Content: When More Becomes Too Much
In his latest guest column, Amplifi Media’s Steve Goldstein examines the fast-growing phenomenon of AI-creaed podcasts — quality vs. quantity, the “Crest toothpaste problem,” the question of real value, and whether audiences will push back. Here’s one takeaway: “The reality is the audience backlash won’t be about whether content is human or AI. It will be about whether your content feels necessary, fresh, and worth their limited time. That means creating high-quality content that is unambiguously human.”
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Deezer tracks AI music submissions … and it’s a lot of them. “A colossal challenge.”
Paris-based streaming music platform Deezer has alerted the industry that a “massive increase” of AI-generated tracks is being submitted to the service for distribution. The startling statistic comes from a recently developed AI detection tool. Continue Reading
AM-in-Vehicles bill advances slowly … slowly …
The AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act — proposed legislation which, if made into law — would require American car makers to put an AM radio into every new car, is in the news again. Continue Reading
Vimeo reportedly acquired by digital tech company Bending Spoons; will go private
Today we learn that Vimeo has agreed to an acquisition by European digital technology company Bending Spoons. In this bundling, Vimeo joins previously acquired brands, including Evernote and WeTransfer. The deal will remove Vimeo from public trading and turn it into a privately held subsidiary. Continue Reading
“Fresh Air,” an early podcast catalyst, celebrates 50 years
Fresh Air, iconic radio program and podcast, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. As The digital media era got underway, the show’s success provided a model for other public radio programs to migrate online as podcasts. Continue Reading
Podcast Pioneer Todd Cochrane dies at 61
Todd Cochrane, universally admired podcaster and industry pioneer, died yesterday morning (September 8). He founded the Blubrry hosting platform, and was a passionate advocate of podcasting. Continue Reading
New York Times ditches its audio app, consolidating podcasts in primary mobile app
The New York Times announces today that it will discontinue its podcast app. The podcast program continues normal production, and the shows can be accessed in the New York Times app (which has recently been redesigned), and other apps. (We observe that the podcast is easily played in Spotify.) Click for details and … weird time travel. Continue Reading
News wins in Top Podcasts By Country ranker (Podtrac)
In the Top Podcasts By Country ranking, recently unleashed by Podtrac, we enjoy the international smorgasbord of show titles, representing the most popular podcasts in 48 countries paired with their publishers.
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