Paid streaming was delivered via 100 million subscriptions for the first time in history, increasing total revenue in 2024 by 3% to $17.7 billion (estimated retail value). This from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)’s 2024 Year-end Revenue Report.) Click for details and 50-year charts. Continue Reading
— The Podcast Academy’s new board (E.B. Moss)
— Supercharging in Milan (AdsWizz)
— Experience (Billy Hartman / ART 19)
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In his latest guest column, Steve Goldstein shares findings from The State of Video Podcasting 2025, a landmark study by Coleman Insights and Amplifi Media. Continue Reading
— A View of Views (Bumper / Dan Misener)
— Gaining 10% happiness (Libsyn)
— Beyond Coffee (Dane Cardiel / Off The Record)
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In the just released Audio Measurement Playbook, a detailed guide and lesson-book for measuring ROI with digital audio, produced by SiriusXM Media, the argument starts with a rather defensive posture: “Think audio is only an awareness tactic with so-so measurement options? Think again.” We rake through this deep tutorial for key points and link to the original.
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— Milan 2025 Recap (AdsWizz)
— Signalling Culture (The Signal Awards)
— Spotify Things (Alan Cross)
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Podcast / audio research and intelligence company Signal Hill Insights released its 2025 Benchmark Report: Branded Podcasts. It mandates three golden rules and seeks to describe the why, the how, and the payoffs of creating a branded podcast, while offering Signal Hill’s measurement service. Continue Reading
One of the most resonant parts of yesterday’s release of The Infinite Dial 2025, the annual survey from Edison Research of digital media consumer behavior in America, is the consumption of podcasts. There are two parts of this: The number of consumers, and the method by which listening happens. Both are important. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial, started in 1998 and produced annually by Edison Research, is an annual milestone in the measurement and understanding of digital media generally, with a sharp focus on online audio. It represents the longest-running survey of digital media consumer behavior in America. Click for a link to the data. Continue Reading
In today’s release of The Infinite Dial 2025 by Edison Research, one of the annually significant metrics is the number of people listening to online audio monthly, and the percentage of the U.S. population represented by that number. We remember the excitement when this graph crossed over the 50 percent mark in 2015. Today we see that number at 89 percent. Click for more of Infinite Dial. Continue Reading
Global strategic information company Edison Research has partnered with audio technology and services company SoundStack to deliver a new measurement product: Podcast Download Metrics Service. Click for the deetails. Continue Reading
Kelli Turner, who has woven a career path with executive roles in banking, Ivy League teaching, media, copyright management, investing, and intellectual property, now becomes the permanent President and CEO of audio giant Audacy. Click for details.
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