Acast Q1 earnings: 11% sales growth across 100M podcasts
Acast has released its Q1 2023 earnings report. Click for detailed coverage of finances, key metrics, new Q1 initiatives, and comments from the CEO. Continue Reading
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Spotify expands audio ad market to three new European countries
Spotify announces today that its proprietary ad network, the Spotify Audience Network (often abbreviated as SPAN), is expanding to France, Spain, and Italy. SPAN is dedicated to serving ad buyers of all sizes with a self-serve system. Continue Reading
Spotify expands audio ad market to three new European countries
Spotify announces today that its proprietary ad network, the Spotify Audience Network (often abbreviated as SPAN), is expanding to France, Spain, and Italy. SPAN is dedicated to serving ad buyers of all sizes with a self-serve system. Continue Reading
NewsGuard, a watchdog news credibility service, launches data rating product for podcast advertisers
In what might be the first podcast credibility ratings service, watchdog company NewsGuard has launched a data product for podcast streaming platforms which will, in the company’s words, “enable safe, responsible advertising on news and information podcasts.” Click for a lot more detail. Continue Reading
Steve Goldstein: “Oh, You’re Going To Clean Up My Hot Podcast Mess”
by Steve Goldstein
Streamlining is essential in any business, RAIN columnist Steve Goldstein asserts, from AT&T to Amazon to Major League Baseball … and, podcasting. Thanks to the creep of complexity, it’s taking more time to make an episode of a show or traffic an ad. Steve has got suggestions. Continue Reading
Wall Street Journal launches WSJ Radio on TuneIn
Dow Jones and TuneIn have announced a collaboration in which WSJ Radio will join the streaming audio giant with a dedicated 24-hour channel. TuneIn Premium subscribers will hear an ad-free presentation; anyone can listen to the ad-supported version. It’s not the first audio dance for Dow Jones. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, May 3
— From Sirius to Soundrise (Eileen Bagshaw)
— Moving On (Mathew Passy)
— A Category for Every Podcast (People’s Choice Podcast Awards)
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Bleav Network joins Cumulus, adding huge library of sports shows
Self-described as “a sports and entertainment omnichannel production company,” Bleav owns over 500 podcasts covering all major sports, sports betting, and pop culture, and reaches over 50-million followers. In this news, the Cumulus Podcast Network will distribute, market, and monetize the catalog. Continue Reading
Podcast listening growth across all age demos at center of iHeartMedia report
The State of Podcasting 2023 is the ambitious title of a new iHeartMedia report. If the title reaches high, the data scale upwards too. The reach of podcasting, measured by daily listening. has soared upward for all age groups in timelines going back to 2015. There is also an interesting result when you put podcast listening next to Netflix subscriptions. Click for details, charts, and a download link. Continue Reading
Smart speaker ownership flattens, AM/FM radio thrives on it as in-home radio winnows
The recently released Cumulus Media 2023 Audioscape study offers a deep dive into podcasting, smart speakers, and the status of AM/FM radio in those relatively new home speakers. Click through for charts, and a link to the study. Continue Reading
YouTube unleashes podcasts in YouTube Music app
Today’s loudest buzz is about YouTube music, which has enabled podcast listening. The extension of RSS-driven podcast listening to YouTube Music enables web-based YouTube users to continue a partially heard podcast on one platform, to the other. Some users (and we) have uncovered gaps in the podfolio. Despite that, we find the YT Music podcatcher works essentially as in Google Podcasts. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Thursday, April 27
— A Question of Disruption (Music Tectonics)
— Knowledge Plus (Passionfroot)
— Mom Trends (Edison Research)
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