James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: James offers his own deep dive on radio ratings in Australia along with his usual collection of links with audio news and analysis. Continue Reading
YouTube Music has launched a new tool that takes advantage of one of its key distinguishing features. Listeners on YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium now have the option to toggle between the audio version of a song and its official music video at will. Continue Reading
Spotify is reaching a larger international audience, and is seeing particular success in India. Cecilia Qvist, head of global markets, shared some insights about the company’s global growth during a conference in Hong Kong. Continue Reading
7digital has been making leadership changes in an effort to improve its financial situation. After a shake-up in the board of directors, the B2B music company has announced that its CEO and CFO are stepping down after just a few months in those roles. Continue Reading
Podcast company Audioboom reported its financial results from the first half of 2019. Revenue in the first six months of the year totaled $9.8 million, up 171% on-year. More than 88% of the revenue figure came from the U.S. Continue Reading
Cadence13 announced a partnership with podcaster, motivational speaker, and author Rachel Hollis. The company will exclusively represent Hollis’ podcast portfolio, which includes Rise and Rise Together. Continue Reading
Sony is reorganizing the branches of its music operation. Effective August 1, the company will unite Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing under the single banner of Sony Music Group. Continue Reading
A group of leading podcast publishers is executing a series of city-specific podcast upfronts called Podfront (the series started as the Winter Podcast Upfront in Los Angeles in February), and the Detroit edition is happening today. Continue Reading
Blubrry has entered a partnership that will add a new monetization option for its podcast hosting clients. The deal is with Stagepass, a marketplace for creative professionals to auction off unique experiences. Continue Reading
Apple may be looking to shore up its podcast dominance with exclusive content. Bloomberg reported that the company wants to invest in original podcasts that would only be available on its Apple Podcasts platform. Apple has not commented on this potential new direction in podcasting. Continue Reading
Tapad, a New York-based global ad tech company specializing in digital identities, is announcing today an agreement with audio ad-tech platform AdsWizz. The deal weds Tapad’s key product — the “Tapad Graph” — into AdsWizz’s programmatic AudioMatic platform. The purpose here is to enable digital audio advertisers to smartly reach consumers across their devices. Continue Reading
Triton Digital announced that its Yield-Op supply side platform was recognized by ExchangeWire as The Wires APAC 2019 Best New Product or Service – Sell Side. The awards honor the best uses of ad tech in all aspects of media sales for the Asia-Pacific region. Continue Reading