James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Sirius XM acquires Pandora. Breaking down the latest in upheavals at the leadership at ABC in Australia. Continue Reading
Show Shouts highlights noteworthy new and upcoming podcasts from across the vast and fast-growing category. Today’s updates are the first new project from iHeartRadio and HowStuffWorks, an experiment with augmented reality from USA Today, and cover songs with Spotify. Continue Reading
Futuri Media has unveiled new features for its system of converting broadcast radio content into podcasts and other on-demand audio. POST now has logger capabilities, allowing programmers with regional or format-specific responsibilities to access all of their stations with a single login. Continue Reading
Research is showing lots of growth in the podcast space, and now some individual platforms are corroborating those trends. Both Spotify and Deezer released internal data about their rates of podcast consumption, and both services are finding successes with that audio format. Continue Reading
Next Big Sound has made the entirety of its Pandora data available for public viewing. Anyone who is curious about statistics (and has a free Next Big Sound account) can explore metrics such as radio spins, interactive plays, thumbs up, and station adds for every artist on the audio platform. Continue Reading
The inaugural RAIN Summit Canada, October 10 at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, features a lineup of extraordinary speakers and exceptional content. The Summit is a dynamic half-day event, 9am – 1pm. Click through for the topical agenda and speakers. Continue Reading
Music video service Vevo has named Bryon Schafer as its new senior vice president of research. Schafer will head up the company’s efforts in consumer and artist insights and in audience and advertiser research. His resume includes work with Otter Media, Warner Bros. Television Group and Hulu. Continue Reading
A new classical music startup has joined the niche streaming fray in the United States. Idagio is based in Berlin and has now launched stateside, where it will be available for $9.99 per month. Continue Reading
AdsWizz has entered a partnership with i-Believe, a media sales agency in Ireland, for the launch of a new Irish audio marketplace called AudioOne. According to the deal, i-Believe’s sales team will sell inventory from local publishers and from AdsWizz’ AdWave global marketplace on the AudioOne brand. Continue Reading
Nielsen has debuted a new report focused on emerging technologies, and the first installment turned its eye toward the smart speaker trend. The new quarterly MediaTech Trender Survey includes 2,000 U.S. consumers aged 13 and up. Smart speakers are making quick work at converting people into repeat customers; in the U.S. homes that have a smart speaker, four in 10 have more than one such device. Continue Reading
Spotify will be participating in the second annual live event from BBC Music Introducing. The audio streaming service has teamed with the BBC branch to present a series of live podcasts and masterclasses at the event, scheduled for November 8-10 in London. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando was staged yesterday at the Hilton Bonnett Creek resort outside of Orlando, in association with the NAB/RAB Radio Show. Two-hundred attendees packed RAIN’s venue within the expansive conference hotel to hear the latest thought leadership in radio streaming, podcasting, research, ad technology, and other aspects of digital and online audio. Also, there was that Gen Z panel… Continue Reading