The RIAA released its 2019 year-end report, marking a fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth thanks to increases in subscription streaming. Streaming is now delivering nearly 80% of all recorded music revenue, holding steady at the share it delivered in the first half of the year. Continue Reading
Podcast monetization company Supercast announced a new influx of money and new leadership. The business has received $2 million in seed funding and appointed Jason Sew Hoy as its new CEO. Continue Reading
Futuri Media collaborated with the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications for a survey into trends for country radio listening. The results were presented at CRS 2020. Continue Reading
UK-based Podcast Radio has hired Gene Baxter, a 30-year veteran of Los Angeles’ KROQ station, as a presenter. Baxter will be the second “podjock” for the company, providing both DJ and announcer skills to the station’s all-podcast programming. Continue Reading
The RAIN Podcast Business Summit is next Wednesday, 9am – 1pm. Click through for the infographic: Sessions, Speakers, Pics. Tickets are still available.
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The major tech companies making voice assistants all faced consumer backlash in the past several months over privacy issues. While many took steps to give users more control over participating in human review programs, the exposés also revealed that many smart speakers record their users at times when the individual hadn’t uttered a wake word. New research from a group of universities explored the extent to which popular TV shows can accidentally turn on a smart speaker’s microphone. Continue Reading
Edison Research has broken out a Top Ten Podcast ranker, which measures podcast popularity among weekly podcast listeners. The ranker will be released quarterly, and will represent a rolling four-quarter average. This method smooths out irregularities such as quick-rise, quick-fall podcast flashes in the pan. Continue Reading
Voicebot.ai and Cerence released a report about the use of voice assistants in cars. According to the survey of 1,090 U.S. adults, more people are using voice assistants in cars than on smart speakers. Just over half (50.9%) of U.S. adults, or about 129.7 million people, have used any kind of voice assistant in their vehicles. Continue Reading
Radioplayer Germany is rolling out a standalong app for the Apple Watch. The software, compatible with the Series 4 and Series 5 version of the wearable, will let listeners tune in to Radioplayer without their phones. Continue Reading
Global music rights expert Deborah Mannis-Gardner shared her insights about the key facts of podcast licensing with RAIN. This post breaks down the basics of licensing music for your show. Continue Reading
A weekly column from the preeminent Radio Futurologist. THIS WEEK: Radiocentre’s fight against pointless terms and conditions, discussions about Times Radio, and savvy burger marketing. Continue Reading