SiriusXM has named three new senior executives to its cross-brand marketing division, covering the core satellite radio business and its digital/streaming operations. They from from EY (formerly Ernst & Young), Netflix, Disney, and iHeartMedia Continue Reading
The Media Brand Equity Study 2021, one of a series of reports from Jack Myers’ MediaVillage, ranked 150 brands according to survey results that asked respondents to rate brands according to nine attributes. Awareness is not one of them, so this is not a simple brand familiarity survey. Myers says that all 150 companies failed the strictest test. Click through to see the top 30. Continue Reading
In its just-released Podcasting Today report, Nielsen takes a retrospective glance backward in a quick historical roundup of inflection points of a now mature industry. It is fascinating, filled with graphics, and includes lots of commentary. Click through for some highlights, and especially for the fascinating Podcast Genres Duplication Grid. Continue Reading
In a reflection of what it calls its “flywheel business model,” the company formerly known as LiveXLive will change its corporate identity to LiveOne, mimicking its acquired subsidiary PodcastOne. A similarly modeled rebrand is being applied to all its business units. Click for deets. Continue Reading
Green Roll Media, LLC, a sports betting podcast network and an audio production and distribution company, and SuperBook Sports, a leading sportsbook and standard-bearer in sports oddsmaking founded in 1993, announced today they have partnered to create multiple podcasts for Green Roll Media’s sports betting podcast network. Continue Reading
SXM Media, the ad-sales division of SiriusXM’s combined digital audio assets — Pandora, Stitcher, Simplecast, and AdsWizz — launched SXM Podcast Universe, a few weeks ago. It’s a spacey interactive display of podcasts in the SXM network, and their audience characteristics. Today we test-drove it, and found it to be spacey, informative, and fun. Click for details, link, and screnshots. Continue Reading
Triton Digital has released the August edition of the Australian Podcast Ranker. We observe that it is reformatted from previous reports, and now delivers audience and download numbers for top 100 podcasts — a terrific bounty of information that helps quantify the Aussie podcast market. Continue Reading
James Cridland returns with a richly informative newsletter about radio around the world. In this meaty edition, the CRA (Commercial Radio Australia) is featured for several recent accomplishments — it’s “quite a force to be reckoned with.” Plus a rich selection of links to audio business news around the world. Continue Reading
Tim Dadson, who joined SoundExchange in 2012 as Assistant General Counsel, and was made Deputy General Counsel in 2017, has been promoted to General Counsel. He will report directly to President and CEO Michael Huppe. Continue Reading
The second and final day of the IAB Fall Podcast Upfront featured video presentations, podcast hosts, metrics, conversations about technology, and a clear winner of RAIN’s informal “win the funny” prize. Click for very detailed coverage. Continue Reading
Triton Digital has signed the L.A.-based comedy podcast network Headgum for management, distribution, promotion, and measurement. Headgum’s network reach encompasses 50 shows, 14 of which are original owned-and-operated productions. Continue Reading
The idobi network, a venerable streaming radio outlet which also produces podcasts and video, has deepened its relationship with digital audio ad-tech platform Adswizz which becomes the exclusive global monetization provider for advertisers seeking to reach idobi’s audience across the US and Europe. Key demo: 13-34, with an even gender split. Continue Reading