In a weekend posting on the NPR.com website, the broadcaster looked back on its 17 years of activity in the podcasting space, including the podcast directory it launched in August 2005. As the article, “Nearly forgotten today, alt.NPR was a… Continue Reading
Bauer Media Audio announced today that is has launched new, premium subscription audio services in Norway, RadioPlay.no, combining a commercial-free version of the live radio experience with quality on-demand content and new levels of user choice and personalization. The service… Continue Reading
While other ad-supported online brands like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest showed weak Q2 year-over-year growth rates in ad revenues, Amazon showed healthy growth, CNBC reported yesterday. According to CNBC, “While the bulk of its business comes from e-commerce and cloud… Continue Reading
Boston-based serial entrepreneur Paul English has sold his latest venture, podcast discovery app Moonbeam, to Audacy, with plans to plow the proceeds into his newly launched startup incubator, the Boston Globe reported this week. According to the paper, “English declined to… Continue Reading
Stockholm-based Spotify announced its Q2 2022 financial performance yesterday, beating its guidance on all key measures except gross margin and profitability, with global Monthly Active Users up 19% year-over-year (from 365 million to 422 million listeners), and quarterly revenues up… Continue Reading
Australia-based futurist and noted public speaker James Cridland poses an intriguing question on his Podnews website this week, speculating that the late comedian and actor Robin Williams may deserve credit for being the world’s first podcaster. Cridland’s argument is based… Continue Reading
News emerged yesterday that Spotify has discontinued production of its Car Thing product — the company’s first hardware device, launched only five months ago and marketed as a way to achieve more convenient listening to Spotify in automobiles. Spotify is… Continue Reading
Disney-owned ABC News announced yesterday that it has promoted its Manager of Digital Audio, Josh Cohan, to Director of Podcast Programming for ABC News. In this role, he will help develop and execute the content strategy for the division’s podcast… Continue Reading
Almost certainly the highest cost line item for U.S. music-based online radio services is the royalty that such services pay for rights to the sound recordings they play, with those rates set every five years in a tribunal conducted by… Continue Reading
Resound, a new editing app that uses AI to automatically removes stuttering and pauses from podcasts, has announced that it has raised $1.35M in pre-seed funding. Their website explains, “A boutique podcast production company in Louisville, KY by the name… Continue Reading
From today’s press release: Acast, the world’s largest independent podcast company, has signed an agreement to acquire Podchaser, the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative podcast database. The planned acquisition brings together two champions of the open podcast ecosystem, strengthening and… Continue Reading
Two more executives at Rogers-owned Pacific Content, which produces branded podcasts for a portfolio of North American brands — Director of Audience Development Dan Misener and Head of Strategy Jonas Woost — announced their departure last week. They follow the… Continue Reading