10:00 KEYNOTE INTERVIEW Brad Mielke, host of the START HERE morning news podcast from ABC News, talks with RAIN president Brad Hill about the conception, strategy, and production of a leading morning news podcast. 10:30 PANEL: Podcast Strategies for Radio… Continue Reading
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Test Drive: Spotify dev’s Nelson is a playlist metadata playground
Spotify is known for its vast stores of metadata, but that information is usually invisible for listeners. Arielle Vaniderstine, a developer advocate engineer at Spotify, has made a new tool available called Nelson that puts the streaming service’s curation controls in your hands. Continue Reading
After a year of development, Pandora launches Dynamic Audio ads
When Pandora announced the Dynamic Audio ad product last February, the idea was to create a targeting technology that could personalize audio marketing to the listener to an unusually individual degree. The launch partner for that development venture was British ad company A Million Ads. Now, the two companies are starting to roll out the result of that work, on a testing basis with two advertisers. Continue Reading
THE AGENDA 9:30 - State of the Industry RAIN Founder Kurt Hanson sets the stage with his State of the Industry address. 10:05 - PANEL: Creating Currency in Podcasting As in other digital media, measurement and data spell the future of podcasting's growth. Where… Continue Reading
Best Buy and Target launch efforts to scale back CD sales
Two big box retailers are changing their policies when it comes to sales of CDs in moves that could further dampen sales of the format. Best Buy told suppliers that it will remove CDs from its stores completely beginning July 1. Target is pushing for a new sales model that places the financial burden on labels. Continue Reading
The Nerdist Podcast rebrands as ID10T as Chris Hardwick builds a new geek enterprise
The Nerdist Podcast is getting a new name and a new home. Going forward, it will be called ID10T, with the first episode under the new title airing on Feb. 6. New episodes will become available on Tuesdays and current subscribers won’t need to change their subscriptions or feeds. Continue Reading
Apple Music has 36 million subscribers, reportedly posting 5% monthly growth in the U.S.
Much of Apple’s subscriber increase is reportedly happening in the U.S. Unnamed sources told WSJ that Apple is posting 5% monthly subscriber growth in the United States, compared with 2% growth for Spotify. That has led many other publications to see this as a sign that Apple could overtake Spotify as the biggest subscription streaming service in one of the major markets, but that projection requires some caveats. Continue Reading
Spotify adding songwriter and producer credits to tracks
Spotify has added credits for songwriters and producers to the tracks on its platform. Right-clicking on a song will reveal an option for “Show Credits,” which opens a pop-up that lists the names of the performer, the writers, and the producers. Spotify said in a blog post announcing the development that it will also provide the source of the credits. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Three podcast profiles
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. Today’s stories are profiles from podcasting. Two focus on specific programs – The Daily and Pardon My Take – while a third explores how listeners become so attached to their favorite shows and hosts. Continue Reading
Apple hits record revenue of $88.3 billion in Q1
Apple shared its financial results for the fiscal first quarter ending December 30. Quarterly revenue totaled $88.3 billion, up 13% on-year to reach an all-time record. The period was boosted by iPhone performance, and the company’s active installed base of devices grew 30% over two years to 1.3 billion. Continue Reading
“Streaming is driving the industry” – Warner posts continued digital revenue growth for Q1
Warner Music Group has reported its financial results for the fiscal first quarter ending December 31. The major label posted a 14% increase in total revenue to nearly $1.05 billion. The label does not detail specifics about streaming revenue, but its chief exec did credit streaming as a positive. Continue Reading
Amazon shares financials, sold “tens of millions” of Echo devices last year
Amazon has shared its financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year 2017. “Our 2017 projections for Alexa were very optimistic, and we far exceeded them. We don’t see positive surprises of this magnitude very often — expect us to double down,” Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said. Continue Reading