Edison Research and Triton Digital unveiled the third annual Infinite Dial Canada, a consumer study of how Canadian adults (18+) listen to audio and own audio technology. In a live webinar, Edison SVP Tom Webster and Triton SVP Stephanie Donovan presented and discussed the slides. Online audio listening and podcast listening are as vigorous as in the U.S. Continue Reading
Signal Hill Insights has released a spring 2020 update to its annual Canadian Podcast Listener consumer survey. The timing of the update facilitated questions about Joe Rogan’s upcoming move to exclusive Spotify distribution. There are also interesting metrics about how… Continue Reading
Podtrac sent us the latest weekly update of U.S. podcast listening, both in downloads and audience, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (You can see everything HERE.) Podtrac also informed us that this is the last installment of its weekly COVID-19 tracking. “Things are getting back to normal on a weekly basis,” CEO Mark McCrery told RAIN. Continue Reading
WideOrbit is announcing a partnership with programmatic platform Rubicon Project, exposing WideOrbit’s network of audio publishers to Rubicon’s ad buyers. WideOrbit’s client list includes audio services, platforms, networks, radio broadcasters, and audio content publishers. Continue Reading
In the latest of a series of recent press releases, Triton Digital is announcing a multi-language extension to its subsidiary, podcast platform Omny Studio. In addition to English, the renowned podcast solution is now available for use in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. It’s not about translating podcasts, but the Omny Studio publishing experience. Continue Reading
AdsWizz is announcing today that Anne Frisbie, an executive whose career roots go back to 1990s entrepreneurism, is joining the executive team as SVP of Global Supply. Frisbie comes to AdsWizz from nearly a dozen years with InMobi where she was SVP, Global Brand & Programmatic. Continue Reading
During fast-moving upheaval, one initiative strives to create stillness: “The Show Must Be Paused,” a plea started by two Atlantic Records execs , directed at the music industry, to publicly recognize racism generally, and the deaths of blacks at the hands of police specifically. Apple Music and Spotify are both participating. Continue Reading
Mark the calendar and book your seat — Edison Research and Triton Digital will present their Infinite Dial Canada on Thursday of this week (June 4) at 1pm ET. Slides and a recording will be available after the show, but it’s more fun to watch live, and there will probably be an opportunity to ask questions. Click through for registration link. Continue Reading
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released two studies packaged together: the 2019 Consumer Usage Trends, and a Covid Impact on Consumer Media Usage (March-April 2020) report. Podcast listening and streaming audio fared well. Continue Reading
Acast Open, which launched last fall after the Pippa acquisition, and which allows any podcast to host a show on Acast, can now (as of today) participate in the Acast Marketplace. Acast Open podcasters must apply to enter the monetization service. Dynamic ad insertion is used to deliver targeted messages in shows throughout a podcast’s entire catalog. Continue Reading
Three new fabulous new podcasts! Can We All Come Out Now? – Stories of (extreme) emergence. Wind of Change – Did The Scorpions really write that iconic song? Missing in Alaska – A (very) cold case of two missing senators.
Triton is announcing this morning that podcast content and hosting company Audioboom is joining Triton Digital’s measurement system, and will be represented exclusively in Triton’s international series of Podcast Reports — U.S., Australia, and Latin America (LATAM). Continue Reading