PodcastOne has added a new action sports and racing show to its programming. Jim Beaver’s Project Action will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the action sports world and will have interviews will top personalities from that field. Continue Reading
SoundCloud has hired a former Google executive to join its C-suite ranks. Holly Lim is joining the audio company as CFO, the first to hold that role for SoundCloud. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Rock’s tough relationship with tech; podcasts exploring the branded space; an interview with Emmis CEO Smulyan. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Insights into the inner workings of the iTunes podcast chart. Responses to BBC licences and ‘snooping’. Much more from around the world. Continue Reading
Texas A&M and DMR/Interactive have announced a new project called The Download on Podcasting. The campaign will examine the podcasting space during the 2016-2017 academic year, and will be released as a series over the coming year. Continue Reading
Tyler Goldman has departed Deezer. The streaming company has not issued any formal comment yet about the exit or who will step in to oversee operations in the region. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Forecasts for the future of AM radio. Considering Norway’s approach to a DAB+ transition. Much more. Continue Reading
Frank Ocean still hasn’t dropped his anticipated Boys Don’t Cry album yet, but he did release something. The R&B artist is airing what’s being called a visual album as an Apple Music exclusive. This year has been a milestone for artists experimenting with unique distribution methods. Continue Reading
Podcast network Wondery is launching its first original scripted series called Secrets, Crimes & Audiotape. The narrative audio series will share both drama and comedy stories centering crime, love, mystery and conspiracy. Continue Reading
In a webinar co-produced with RAIN News on Tuesday, Australia-based Omny Studio announced that an upgrade to its audience measurement technology now includes listening data captured from Apple’s Podcasts app. Matt Saraceni, who presented a wide-ranging webinar about podcast listening metrics, said that POmny’s technology is possibly the first of its kind. Continue Reading
On Monday, Pandora announced the debut of three charts through its Next Big Sound unit: Trendsetters, Predictions, and Top Spins. We decided to look at the first Top Spins chart against The Big Picture (Mediabase) and against this week’s CHR/Top 40 airplay. These are the stories that emerge. Continue Reading
Several streaming services have been adding lyrics features to their core offerings, and Apple appears to be hiring to get those skills in-house. The tech company has a job posted for a Lyrics Curation Manager, someone to lead the lyrics efforts within the Content Curation umbrella. Continue Reading