Speaking at the Bank of America Securities “Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference” in Los Angeles on Wednesday, SiriusXM Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Witz revealed that popular talk show host and podcaster Conan O’Brien will be curating a 24/7 channel for… Continue Reading
Organized by Radiodays Europe and the team behind the Australian and British Podcast Awards, plans are shaping up for the second annual “Podcast Day 24” event — a hybrid live-in-person and virtual conference taking place in three major global cities… Continue Reading
Consulting and research firm Jacobs Media released the results of its “Public Radio Techsurvey 2022” last week at the Public Radio Program Directors (PRPD) Content Conference in New Orleans, with what commercial radio Techsurvey co-sponsor All Access called “a mostly… Continue Reading
One of the nation’s leading classical music stations, New York Public Radio’s WQXR, has hired Elizabeth Nonemaker as Executive Producer of its podcasting efforts, the station announced yesterday. According to WQXR Chief Content Officer and Senior VP Ed Yim, the… Continue Reading
In a move demonstrating how dramatically consumer behavior is changing and TV & radio brands are adapting to the growth of streaming (and other influences), The New York Times reported last week that the NBC television network is considering scaling… Continue Reading
According to a report from Deadline yesterday, podcast studio Cadence13 has hired Patton Valentine, a veteran executive from the TV world, to help it pitch its podcasts as potential bases of film and TV projects. He joins Audacy-owned Cadence13 from… Continue Reading
New York-based ad monitoring service Media Monitors has released its Q2 report of “Top 200 [U.S.] Podcasts,” “Top Publishers,” and “Top 10 [Podcast] Categories,” with the top five podcasts being “The Joe Rogan Experience” (publisher: Joe Rogan), “Crime Junkie” (audiochuck),… Continue Reading
In his analysis of the latest findings from Edison Research’s quarterly “Share of Ear” study (the full study being available to subscribers only), Cumulus Media and Westwood One Audio Active Group Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard looked at various aspects… Continue Reading
Here’s Q2 2022. (See accompanying story for details.): For comparison, here’s Q1 2018: As you can see, AM/FM declined over the period from a 47% share to a 40% share (a 15% decline over the slightly more than four… Continue Reading
Here are five podcasts that you might find enjoyable, interesting, curious, and/or inspiring. If you host, publish, or listen to a podcast that you’d like to recommend for this new recurring feature in RAIN, drop a line to kurt@accuradio.com. (For… Continue Reading
In the month of July, according to Nielsen, in the U.S., streaming channels accounted for 34.8% of all views, for the first time edging ahead of cable TV, which had a 34.4% share of viewing. Meanwhile, broadcast TV was trailing… Continue Reading
Broadcast and podcast ad sales company AdLarge Media announced today that Matt Turck, co-founder of Megaphone (acquired by Spotify in December of 2020) has joined their has leadership team as Head of Podcast Growth and Strategy According to the announcement:… Continue Reading