RAIN Notes: Thursday, January 18
— Trimming (Google / YouTube)
— Unparalleled (Sonnant / Salem)
— Upward (iHeart / BIN)
Search Results for: podcast radio
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, January 17
— Good or Bad? (Oxford Road)
— Sorting Down Under (Triton Digital)
— Challenging Landscape (Amazon Audible)
110M downloads “outperforming the market” — Audioboom’s Q4
London-based global podcast company Audioboom released a raft of Q4 metrics, as a 2023 trading update. Not a formal earnings report, the release offers financial statistics, commercial developments, and comments from CEO Stuart Last. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Friday, January 12
RAIN Notes: Wednesday, January 10
— The State of Audio (Edison Research)
— AI voice agreement (SAG-AFTRA)
— New Partner (PRX)
Magellan AI adds attention metrics with Adelaide partnership
Podcast market intelligence and measurement company Magellan AI has partnered with Adelaide to bring attention metrics into Magellan’s podcast measurement suite. The arrangement will bring out show-level attention ratings by campaign, giving advertisers more insight into campaign effectiveness. The output of Adelaide’s technology is its so-called AU metric, a benchmarking score of listener engagement. Click to learn more. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Tuesday, January 9
RAIN Notes: Monday, January 8
— Spearheading (iHeartMedia)
— New to the Team (The Podglomerate)
— More Mysteries (Libsyn AdvertiseCast)
Audacy prepares Chapter 11 while facing ~$2B debt
Radio/audio giant Audacy is reportedly undergoing bankruptcy negotiations with lenders. The expectation is that Audacy will file for Chapter 11 protection as it renegotiates approximately $1.9-billion in debt. The company is parent company to two acquired podcast studios, Cadence 13 and Pineapple Street Studios. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Thursday, January 4
— Royalty (Bernth Brodtrager)
— Retrospection (Pacific Content)
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1.5B downloads; 10k advertisers; $50M creator payments — Audioboom 2023 snapshots
Audioboom released a few snapshot statistics for 2023, representing the scale of its consumption, sales, and podcaster payments. Citing an Edison Research metrics, UK-headquartered Audioboom observes that it is the fifth biggest podcast publisher in the U.S.A. Click for more numbers. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: Tuesday, December 26
— A Caffeinated Milestone (Alan Cross)
— Onward and Upward (Conal Byrne & Jen Sargent)
— Elevation (Audacy)