Media giant Fox Corporation has acquired digital entertainment platform and streaming enabler Roku. The acquisition cost is reported to be $22 billion, or $126 per share. That valuation is a 34% premium over Roku’s closing stock price at deal time.… Continue Reading
Roger Nairn (Founder, Jar Podcast Solutions) and Tom Webster (Partner, Sounds Profitable) are collaborating on a new podcast research study — The Podcast Discovery Playbook (sponsored by Jar.) “A lot of podcast launch advice still sounds like it was written… Continue Reading
Audio juggernaut Spotify has introduced a new definition of a podcast “play,” assigning a time-based metric which will likely reduce total play counts in Spotify’s lens while delivering a more accurate report of consumption to prospective advertisers. Going forward, Spotify’s… Continue Reading
With a new launch for advertisers, UK-based Global has started a self-serve ad-booking platform for audio and outdoor advertising. The promise is a simple process for planning, creating, and booking a campaign on a single self-serve platform. Click for details. Continue Reading
Music AI is at the heart of a class-action lawsuit filed by musicians and producers against Google. It’s about using YouTube music videos for AI training, which ironically puts artists in competition with themselves. Continue Reading
In this edition of Steve Goldstein’s column, he examines short-form clips of larger audio pieces, speculating that podcast clips might become the main podcast product. Continue Reading
Downloads vs News.
An upright survey. Continue Reading
Apple has announced OS 27, a broad operating system that affects features across the company’s hardware and software products. In the podcast realm, OS 27 affects several aspects of video podcasts, auto-download features, and Apple TV. The podcast listening +… Continue Reading
“Screens are everywhere; radio must be visual” — that’s the #1 key finding in a newly released study from tech/media firm Quu Inc. A just-released report includes data plus insights from industry experts. Continue Reading
Damien Reilly, Founder/CEO of Ordior, the Australia-based music rights management company, observes that many music artists who use AI in their original tracks are experiencing removal of their uploads to music services. As a public service to indie musicians Reilly has listed the AI policies of ten prominent streaming services. Continue Reading
In this monthly feature, we look back one decade and revisit selected headlines. Today — highlights from May 2016. In this month’s edition: Radionomy, SoundCloud, Tidal, the first podcast spike, Podtrac introduces its podcast ranker. streaming revenue breakthrough at Warner, Spotify adds video … and much more. Continue Reading
Edison Research (a subsidiary of SSRS) has released its annual study of podcast listener behavior and trends, titled The Podcast Consumer 2026. Energetically presented online by Edison VP Megan Lazovick, the 51-page research deck documents several components of podcastings’ profile in he media industry. Click for our coverage and link to released study deck. Continue Reading