Podtrac’s “Podcast Audience Category Ranking” report for May is finalized for subscribers, and the company offers a public peak. This month it is the News category which is spotlighted: The fragmented release (five out of 30 shows in a single… Continue Reading
According to a recent Nielsen survey, most Americans (83%) are listening to radio as much as, or more than, they did before the Covid-19 pandemic. but a shift has been happening, to streaming and on-demand listening via mobile devices and smart speakers. A WideOrbit blog post adds context. Continue Reading
A startup called Podhero is making waves today with its official launch, helmed by Pete Curley and Garret Heaton, founders of HipChat (sold to Atlassian, and from there sold to Slack). Podhero is a subscription service and podcast listening app… Continue Reading
Pod Drop features new and returning podcasts. Today, great music from a legend, great fiction starring kids, and a harrowing true story of governmental abduction. Continue Reading
We got a note from Acast this morning announcing the formation of a nascent podcast network within branded podcast consultancy Jam Street Media. The new network of original podcasts will be led by Jam Street founder Matty Staudt. Staudt was Vice President, Podcast Programming at iHeartRadio during 2018 and 2019. Continue Reading
In a survey by Pivotal Research Group, a panel of advertising executives responded with optimism that the Covid-related advertising slump reached its low point in May. That month showed signals of a rebound, according to a panel of advertising executives. Continue Reading
FOX News Audio is announcing that its daily news digest has started playing on SiriusXM, and that all of FOX’s podcasts are now on Pandora (a Sirius subsidiary). The reach expansion is pegged at 100-million listeners. Continue Reading
by Steve Goldstein
“The podcast wars are here,” says Steve Goldstein in this guest column. With comparisons to baseball, TV, and satellit radio, Goldstein lays out the anatomy of podcasting’s new competitive parameters. It’s not about just getting users to sign up for Premium service — Daniel Ek is going after radio. Read this exceptional anlysis. Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: How the BBC produced during coronavirus. How is Beats 1 doing? Ten best music radio stations. Radio recovery. Podcast promoter chat. And much more! Continue Reading
Three new (one returning) podcasts! Stay Human (Michael Franti) / Homemade (Allrecipes) / Stroke of Genius (IPO Educational Foundation)
Podtrac has released the May edition of the measurement company’s Top Podcast Publishers ranker. (See graphic below.) iHeartRadio resides in the #1 spot, closely followed by NPR. The ranker shows the number of active shows owned by each of the… Continue Reading
Edison Research released its Top Ten U.S. ZPodcast Ranker for the first quarter of 2020. This ranker measures podcasts in America by reach, not downloads, among weekly podcast consumers. In this precise measurement, the quarterly report is unique. If you’re not in the mood to guess the #1 podcast, click through. Click through anyway to see the infographic list. Continue Reading