The RAJAR Midas survey has been released for spring 2019, sharing insights into the UK’s consumption of internet-delivered audio. The results showed a wide disparity in audio habits based on age, with the younger generations largely driving the growth in on-demand music and podcasts. Continue Reading
Google has surpassed 15 million subscribers to its paid music services. Bloomberg cited anonymous sources familiar with the tech giant who gave the figure as the paying audience for YouTube Music Premium and Google Play Music. Continue Reading
by Luke Riley
This guest post by Megaphone Data Analyst Luke Riley analyzes when podcasts are posted, and correlates than information with downloads. The result is a fascinating heat map of most and least popular posting times, and possible directional guidance about which “drop times” lead to success. Continue Reading
Apple Music has made a new hire for its publishing unit. Lindsay Rothschild is the new head of creative services in North America for the division. She joins the company from Google. Continue Reading
Edison Research has shared the results of its latest investigation into audio trends down under. The Infinite Dial Australia 2019 is the third edition of the report for this market. The report highlighted growth in podcasting and smart speakers for Australia, plus detailed some notable differences from the most recent U.S. data. Continue Reading
Pandora announced two new developments this week, both with an eye toward expanding its listener base. First, the audio platform entered a partnership with mobile navigation app Waze. Second, Pandora has introduced two new reduced-cost subscription options for its Premium service. Continue Reading
Digital audio advertising platform Targetspot has opened a new office in Atlanta, and hired Joshua Sermons as new Sales Director South East. Sermons comes from Katz Radio Group. Continue Reading
RadioPublic has launched what might be called a venture capital company for podcasters: PodFund, which starts with seed investment of $2.3-million. It claims to be the first dedicated source of funding for podcasters. Continue Reading
AdsWizz has announced that Bauer Media is the first European audio publisher to be certified in the AdsWizz Digital Audio Advertising Accreditation program, which was launched in January. Also, AdsWizz won two industry awards this week. Continue Reading
Rhapsody announces a partnership with MQA, an audio technology company which creates high-resolution audio in file sizes small enough to stream, to offer high-quality audio in its white-label “Powered by Napster” business. High-resolution audio now joins a suite of technologies that companies can use to build audio streaming into their consumer-facing businesses. Continue Reading
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released its annual Internet Advertising Annual Report. In it, the accounting for digital audio advertising showed an escalation of 23% from 2017 to 2018, with revenue growing from $1.8-billion to $2.3-billion. Continue Reading
Podcast app Luminary has partly repaired one of the rockiest startup launches we’ve ever witnessed by correcting a number of criticisms. “We now fully understand the ramifications of those decisions and we apologize for our short-sightedness. ” Continue Reading