RAIN Notes: Wednesday, September 20
— Triangulating (The New Media Show)
— Enduring Partnership (Blubrry)
— New Phase (Michael Fischer)
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Steve Goldstein: The Three Eras Of Podcasting
by Steve Goldstein
In his latest guest column, Steve Goldstein takes a big view of podcasting from start to present, and he sees three evolutionary periods. Baked-in host endorsements, dynamic insertion, content experimentation, new platforms … it’s an ultra-concise history. Continue Reading
Wednesdays on the phone: Triton Digital analyzes Canadian podcast listening
Triton Digital puts a focus on listening habits and top genres in its just-released Podcast Trends in Canada report for 2023. Click for highlights and infographics. Continue Reading
Recorded music attains new revenue record; streaming grows from 75% to 84%
The recorded music industry reached an all-time high in total revenue for the first half of 2023 — $8.3-billion across all reported categories. Streaming accounted for $7.0-billion, 84% of the total. On average, there were 96-million music subscriptions in H1 2023. All this and more from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in its annual mid-year report. Continue Reading
Acast partners with Slip.Stream for music in podcasts
Creating original music for podcasting is a heavy lift creatively and economically. Acast steps into the breach in partnership with Slip.Stream, an online database of royalty-free music. Acast research says that most listeners prefer to listen to podcasts that use music to set the tone and mood of an episode. Click for details, how it works for podcasters. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Monday, September 18
Project Gutenburg, MIT, and Microsoft collaborate on free audiobook project
Project Gutenberg, whose mission is to make copyright-free books available online, has partnered with Microsoft and MIT in an AI project to narrate thousands of open-access audiobooks with synthetic voices. Continue Reading
PodcastOne hosts get the new PodcastOne stock; employees too
In what it calls an industry first, PodcastOne (a subsidiary of LiveOne) announced that the company will distribute recently minted PODC stock to its show hosts, and to employees. Nearly 100 individuals will be recipients. Continue Reading
Magellan intros “similar shows” dashboard for intelligently expanding ad campaigns
Magellan AI has unleashed a dashboard feature which is not distinctly named, but functions to reveal podcasts with similar audiences. This is mainly for advertisers who wish to extend a successful campaign. It is self-serve, both for exploration by advertisers, and for connecting directly with podcast owners. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Friday, September 15
— Latino Learnings (Edison Research)
— Exposition (Laura Beil)
— Fixer-Upper (Acast)
RAIN Notes: Thursday, September 14
— Economical (The Economist)
— Holistic (E.B. Moss)
— P.S. from PM (Podcast Movement)
Digital distribution companies criticize the UMG/Deezer royalty breakthrough
The new royalty attribution method recently deployed by Universal Music Group and streaming music platform Deezer seeks to make royalty calculation more fair. But the change is not universally applauded. Two digital distribution companies Believe and TuneCore, whose customers are mainly indie musicians, calls the system “reverse Robin Hood.” Continue Reading