Staples, the office supply chain, recently announced Staples Connect, and interesting reinvention of some stores to include co-working spaces, community gathering spaces, and podcasting facilities. Spreaker announced its launch partnership, offering discounted access to its hosting and distribution platform. Continue Reading
RAIN has been tracking Triton Digital’s monthly Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker for more than 10 years, starting in September 2009. Looking back to that Ranker, we see a couple of interesting things — a trip down memory lane in the growth of streaming. Continue Reading
CNN is launching a new dedicated division to help the broadcaster build a bigger presence in audio programming. CNN Audio plans to develop and launch a new slate of shows for CNN Podcasts. It will also be the new home for existing podcasts under CNN’s banner. Continue Reading
Strategy Analytics released its latest analysis on the global smart speaker market. Its Q4 results found that Amazon is still the top brand by market share, followed by Google, although both are being challenged by companies in China. Continue Reading
Podtrac released its list of the top 15 podcast publishers from January 2020. The month included a mixed set of results in terms of performance. Overall, Podtrac tracked 1.3 billion IAB-certified downloads across all its measured publishers. Continue Reading
Acast announced that PBS NewsHour is joining its network of publisher partners. Acast will provide the nightly news broadcast with monetization for its podcast programming, and select shows from its roster will be able to support sponsorships. Continue Reading
The podcast industry convened in Los Angeles this week to share news and announcements for the second annual upfront event. Podfront LA included presentations from several notable networks. Here are the presentation summaries as described in the Podfront LA press release. Continue Reading
Universal Music Group posted strong financial results for its 2019 fiscal year. Parent company Vivendi also used the earnings announcement to share some developments for the label. Not only is UMG getting a group of new partial owners, but it is also the latest music business to be targeting an IPO. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia is continuing to expand its podcasting empire with a new push into Spanish-language content. The company shared two developments for the Latinx audience: one with Enrique Santos and one with reVOLVER. Continue Reading
ART19 and Veritonic teamed up for another dive into the effectiveness of podcast advertising. Their latest case study is for pharmaceutical brand Bayer and used ART19’s SmartAudiences technology for targeting. The assessment found that Bayer’s listener-targeted podcast ads drove intent to purchase, favorability, and other key metrics. Continue Reading
Audioboom has seen shifts in leadership over the past year, and now it is looking for an even bigger change. The podcast company confirmed that it is open to finding a buyer. Continue Reading
Acast is bringing its Aclass podcast education series to the United States for the first time. The series of free workshops is designed to reach communities and populations that are currently under-represented in the podcasting field. Continue Reading