Less than a week after the IAB Podcast Upfront, at which Panoply was a presenter, that organization has dramatically changed strategy and structure. Panoply, which creates podcasts and hosts them (both its own shows and those produced by others), is severing its content operation, and becomes a podcast advertising/technology company. Continue Reading →
Several podcast companies have made headlines with fundraising news, and VCs seem ready to keep opening their wallets. TechCrunch monitored some of the recent developments of money funneling into podcast operations and found large leaps in both the number and dollar value of deals made in 2017. Continue Reading →
REGISTER HERE RAIN SUMMITS HEAD TO TORONTO FOR THE INAUGURAL RAIN SUMMIT CANADA Wednesday Oct.10th!! Glenn Gould Studio 250 Front St W, Toronto ON THE AGENDA Extraordinary Speakers; Exceptional Content STATE OF THE INDUSTRY Kurt Hanson (Founder and Publisher, RAIN News / Founder…
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Podcast company Cadence13 is partnering with business newsletter publisher MarketSnacks to start a daily business/tech podcast. It is called MarketSnacks Daily, and the first episode drops tomorrow, May 23. RAIN News Q&A with Chris Corcoran, Chief Content Officer at Cadence13. Continue Reading →
10:00 WELCOME RAIN President Brad Hill and RAIN Founder Kurt Hanson 10:15 OPENING ADDRESS Kurt Hanson (Founder and Publisher, RAIN News / Founder and CEO, AccuRadio) ACCURADIO GIVEAWAY 10:40 PANEL PREP: The Where and How of Consumer Listening As new…
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The 2nd Annual RAIN Podcast Business Summit was March 22 322 attendees and 22 speakers braved a nor'easter CLICK HERE FOR WRAP-UP This was the AGENDA: 9:00 - WELCOME RAIN President Brad Hill and RAIN Founder Kurt Hanson 9:05 - KEYNOTE Laura…
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10:00 KEYNOTE INTERVIEW Brad Mielke, host of the START HERE morning news podcast from ABC News, talks with RAIN president Brad Hill about the conception, strategy, and production of a leading morning news podcast. 10:30 PANEL: Podcast Strategies for Radio…
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THE AGENDA 9:30 - State of the Industry RAIN Founder Kurt Hanson sets the stage with his State of the Industry address. 10:05 - PANEL: Creating Currency in Podcasting As in other digital media, measurement and data spell the future of podcasting's growth. Where…
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The Nerdist Podcast is getting a new name and a new home. Going forward, it will be called ID10T, with the first episode under the new title airing on Feb. 6. New episodes will become available on Tuesdays and current subscribers won’t need to change their subscriptions or feeds. Continue Reading →
April 8, 5pm - 7pm Bandito Latin Kitchen & Cantina, Las Vegas RSVP HERE! Calling back to the meetup origins of RAIN, which started with informal gatherings in Las Vegas for pioneers of internet radio, the RAIN Networking Meet-Up attracts…
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To see the RAIN Online Audio Advertising Summit in Chicago, June 20, 2018: PLEASE CLICK HERE PRESENTING SPONSORS GOLD SPONSOR PARTICIPATING SPONSOR
The awaited Podcast Analytics suite from Apple has arrived in beta. Whatever its shortfalls in the minds of some industry observers, and however ambivalent some podcast publishers might be about the intrusion of new data, Apple’s reporting of podcast consumption will sharply influence the shape, growth and revenue prospects of podcasting. Details and RAIN analysis. Continue Reading →
