Complaint and response: Spotify payouts
Star rapper and producer Buster Rhymes is stirring attention with a complaint about Spotify payouts. Continue Reading
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Radio for music discovery: A youth thing
A hefty percentage of live radio listeners tune in to the venerable format for music discovery. That discovery comes from British audio research firm MIDiA Research. Continue Reading
IFPI and labels join to battle stream fraud
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — the global trade organization of the record industry — is announcing today a new initiative to combat streaming fraud. Named the Streaming Integrity Initiative (SII), the project establishes a set of baseline practices. Click for details. Continue Reading
Radio on 9/11/2001
Radio on 9/11/2001 On this 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, we wanted to look back at radio coverage of that catastrophic emergency that nobody was prepared for. (THIS POST CAN BE UPSETTING TO READ.) We found this… Continue Reading
What do audiobook listeners want from narration?
Last week we covered an interesting research finding from Edison Research. We learned that fiction audiobook consumers prefer AI to human narration … some of the time, in some ways. This week we attended a deep-dive webinar produced by Edison and sponsored by Spoken: The AI Audiobook Company. Hosted by Edison VP Megan Lazovick and Spoken founder/CEO Philip Marshall, It provided details of the underlying research conducted by Edison. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: September 9
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NEW: Charting vertical dramas
Hollywood Reporter has launched a Microdrama Chart, believed to be the first ranking of vertical drama. (Vertical dramas are Small-format video stories meant to be consumed on smartphones.) Owl & Co produces a data engine which powers the chart. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: September 8
Bring it on Edison Research
Ready to signAM Radio mandate Continue Reading
A case study of vinyl album success results
K-Pop band BTS is making news with its latest album, titled ARIRANG. Using a vinyl-first product strategy, and partnering with data and insights company Luminate (which powers the Billboard music charts), a case study of vinyl album success results. Continue Reading
AM Radio law advances to next stage in lengthy process
The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act which would stop car makers from removing AM reception from new vehicles, is inching along its laborious path to ratification. Continue Reading
Fiction audiobook consumers prefer AI to human narration … sometimes, in certain ways
In a large research study in which Edison Research surveyed over a thousand U.S. adults audiobook listeners, respondents preferred AI-driven multi-voice performances to traditional single-voice narration. There is another meaningful result which might surprise many. Continue Reading
Streaming leads music revenue report; RIAA mid-year update
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the influential trade and advocacy group, has released its mid-year report. It’s a state-of-the-industry snapshot that also includes a ten-year view of revenue growth. Today’s release puts the 2026 mid-year status in a larger 10-year perspective Continue Reading