James Cridland returns with a richly informative newsletter about radio around the world. In this edition he joins UK mourning for Jonathan “Jono” Coleman, who died two days ago. ALSO: the BBC annual report, news from Australia’s SCA, new ad delivery technology from AdsWizz, and more. Continue Reading
We take a second look at the Voice Consumer Index 2021 study from Vixen Labs. In this part: What do consumers search for, and which industries benefit most? Click for details and graphics. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— The Crossover (NATPE)
— Bruce (Evergreen Podcasts)
— AI update (Veritone)
Podtrac has released the June edition of its two monthly rankers: Top Podcasts and Top Podcast Publishers. Regular followers of these lists can probably recite the top three in each. Stability reigns both in the podcast and publishers list, and also in the overall measurements. Click for details and the lists. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia has disclosed a trio of launch sponsors for the company’s My Cultura podcast network, which seeks to amplify Latinx voices. In addition, four new shows with July launch dates are detailed. The company promises a monthly drumbeat of new My Cultura shows. Continue Reading
PodcastOne, an acquired unit of LiveXLive Media, is grabbing attention this week with two developments: a new content partnership, and a new self-serve podcast hosting platform. Click through for details about upcoming shows, and how the hosting platform works. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Sane Sounds (Steve Keller, Pandora)
— RSS Forever (Ross Adams, Acast)
— A Royal Hire (Archewell Audio)
The Audacy app, the streaming component of the Audacy corporation which operates the second-largest group of commercial radio stations in the U.S., has built a large collection of new streaming stations — 350 of them, all human-curated. We test it. That doesn’t go well, but we still like the idea. Continue Reading
New research from Vixen Labs, the Open Voice Network, and research company Delineate presumes an incoming era of conversational marketing. The survey of 6,000 people in the US, UK, and Germany seeks to understand how voice AI is used now. This post covers Part 1. Click through for data and graphics. Continue Reading
In a newly released annual study from Stitcher, we learn that top podcasts remain mostly unchanged in an annual comparison of Stitcher app data, much as they do in the many monthly rankers we report. Click through for details, other metrics, and illustrations. Continue Reading
In a deal whose details are undisclosed, ex-FOX-NBC anchor and interviewer Megyn Kelly will move her popular podcast (The Megyn Kelly Show) to SiriusXM on the Triumph Channel. Doing so moves the show behind a subscription paywall and out of… Continue Reading
James Cridland returns with a richly informative newsletter about radio around the world. In this edition he identifies a chronic and damaging failure of audio production, complete with an illustrative DAW waveform. Plus much more. Continue Reading