In a high-profile podcast-to-broadcast maneuver, Wondery-produced Sports Wars will play on selected Cumulus radio stations via the Westwood One syndication arm. Sports Wars is a new Wondery program, spun off the success of Business Wars. The sports program tells the stories… Continue Reading
With the launch of the Webcast Metrics Top-20 Ranker, Triton Digital we see three important changes: Spotify has dropped out of the Ranker; A new regional ranker is introduced; a new Sales Network statistic appears. Continue Reading
Steve Pratt of Pacific Content examines assumptions and realities of blog publishing frequency. Is daily the best setup for success? Is weekly optimal? Not necessarily in either case. Continue Reading
During Entercom’s earnings call this with investors, President and CEO David Field reported on financials and answered questions. Radio.com, the company’s main digital app, and Cadence13, the podcast company partially owned by Entercom, were two focal points. Continue Reading
This week Verizon Media held its 2019 NewFront event, spotlighting content and technology innovations. One announcement pertaining to digital audio ad tech is a new affiliation between Verizon Media and AdsWizz. Verizon announced a global integration with AdsWizz, to expand Verizon’s DSP (demand-side platform) audio inventory. Continue Reading
In a merger of traditional broadcast and new media, Canadian radio/TV/magazine company Rogers Media is buying specialty podcast company Pacific Content. Continue Reading
Social video creation app Headliner announces today that it has partnered with Entercom, the second-largest commercial radio group in the U.S. It is an enterprise-wide agreement that enables all Entercom stations to build social-ready videos which promote their on-demand audio. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia announced today that its bankruptcy, debt restructuring, and separation from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings is complete. This significant milestone begins a new chapter in the history of the largest U.S. commercial radio group. Continue Reading
Spotify’s recent quarterly investor call was entirely a Q&A affair. Accordingly, the call provided a rich record of responses from CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Barry McCarthy about podcasting. Continue Reading
In the podcast portion of the WARC Global Ad Trends April 2019 report, one projection has the share of all audio advertising spend rising to 4.5% in 2020, from 1.9% last year. The report combines research from PwC, Edison Research,… Continue Reading
Host-read sponsor endorsements are common in podcasting, which owes its success in large part to leveraging the relationship between hosts and listeners. In this guest column, Steve Goldstein takes a fascinating trip through the history of live reads, including pioneer Paul Harvey who created the original playbook. Continue Reading
We covered the Sirius XM earnings report last week. Here, a deeper drive in Jim Meyer’s remarks about the Pandora merger and innovations in the car. “Bar none, the leader” On the April 24th Q1 2019 Earnings call for SiriusXM,… Continue Reading