RAIN Notes: Wednesday, July 26

Jottings of note:

 

Elon x2

VOX Media is announcing two new seasons of its business history podcast series Land of the Giants. The double announcement is tied together by Elon Musk — the upcoming seasons will focus on Tesla and Twitter. Tesla is up first with The Tesla Shock Wave. Listen HERE.  The Twitter series drops in October.

 

Radio + Podcasts

The annual NAB Marconi Awards are mainly dedicated to broadcast stations and personalities. But there is a digital category: Best Radio Podcast of the Year. WTOP-FM has garnered two of the five nominee slots. Nominees are: “American Nightmare Season 3: Unknown Subject,” WTOP-FM // “Behind the Song,” WDRV-FM // “Deadly Pill,” KFI-AM // “DMV Download,” WTOP-FM // “The Letter,” KSL-FM. We got the entire nominee slate, all categories, from Inside Radio, HERE.

 

Baked Or Faked

Adam McNeil (VP, Marketing, ADOPTER Media) posts “The Layman’s Guide To Ad Types.” More a sketch than a post, it contains seven single-sentence descriptions. And while you’ve undoubtedly heard of “baked-in,” you’ll learn about “faked-in” (our favorite new term). READ

 

 

July 26, 2023


Brad Hill