The last time Spotify meaningfully redesigned the Your Library panel in its mobile app was shortly about a year after the platform began offering podcasts. Today Spotify is announcing a redesigned Your Library mobile app experience to better organize and find content. Continue Reading
Jottings of note:
— Back in the Room (CES)
— Planning Ahead (She Podcasts)
— The How of HiRez (WIRED)
Podcast platform Sounder has expanded its range of service with the launch of Sounder Plus, which bundles seven features. We exchanged thoughts with Sounder CEO Kal Amin. Click for details. Continue Reading
As Edison Research releases its 2021 Infinite Dial Australia (sponsored by Commercial Radio Australia, Southern Cross Austereo, LiSTNR, and Triton Digital), there are notable comparisons to be made with the U.S. version of this benchmark annual report. Click for details and graphs. Continue Reading
Spotify (SPOT) released its Q1 earnings this morning, showing strong year-over-year growth and mixed quarter-over-quarter results. Investors sent the stock skidding nearly 10% (at this writing). Click for finance details and graphs showing user distributions.
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Jottings of note:
— Productive Breakage (Integr8 Research)
— Playlisting the Game (iHeartRadio)
— Executive Promotion (LiSTNR)
— The Stoop Steps Up (Radiotopia/PRX)
Voice dialog marketing company Instreamatic is today announcing the completion of a Series A $6.1-million round of fundraising led by Progress Ventures. The investment money is targeted to product development and increasing the staff. Continue Reading
Calling it “an immersive sponsorship experience,” global podcast company Acast has introduced the Sponsored Stories ad format, which can be up to four minutes long. Acast Creative helps with production. Click for an audio example. Continue Reading
Spotify released a trio of announcements this morning. One predominates: Paid podcast subscriptions within Spotify. Continue Reading
Lina Kim, formerly Managing Director at Havas Media Group, takes the CEO role at Toronto-based TPX (The Podcast Exchange) today, as former CEO Jean-Marie Heimrath retires. Heimrath remains on the board. Continue Reading
The C13Originals division of Audacy-owned Cadence13, and author/historian Jon Meacham, are teaming to create Shining City Audio, a podcast studio for creating history shows. New productions are in the works; the first launches this week. Click for details. Continue Reading
Emulating Spotify and The New York Times, and furthering an ongoing era of podcast consolidation, SiriusXM has acquired 99% Invisible Inc., the owner of the venerable 99% Invisible podcast and its spinoffs. The podcast was launched by host Roman Mars in 2010, which could be considered the Middle Ages of podcasting — an era between the rosy founding days of a new media category and the modern resurgence which started with NPR’s Serial in 2014. Click for details. Continue Reading