Jay Green’s 10-year career on the business side of podcasting has taken a new turn, as the veteran executive joins sales and marketing firm Soundrise as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations. He offers thoughts to RAIN News. Continue Reading
Spotify, in an SEC filing today, announced that it was cutting about 500 jobs, or about 6% of its 9,800 employees — and that one of its most high-profile executives, Chief Content and Advertising Officer Dawn Ostroff, will also be… Continue Reading
In an annual RAIN holiday tradition, top executives at technology services firm Triton Digital share their predictions for the coming year with RAIN readers: Programmatic buying will dominate By Stephanie Donovan, Global Head of Revenue The growth in programmatic buying… Continue Reading
Hamburg-based Bauer Media Audio in the past week has announced three new appointments with responsibilities that include Bauer’s digital/online efforts. Bauer Media Audio operates in nine countries across Europe and is home to a variety of popular radio and audio… Continue Reading
Almost half (46%) of the U.S. population listens to spoken word audio content daily, according to the latest “Spoken Word Audio Report” released from NPR and Edison Research today. The fourth annual report explores the ways spoken word media consumption… Continue Reading
Royalty collection and distribution agency SoundExchange has won a judgment of $9,765,396, plus legal fees, from the Slacker Radio division of LiveOne (formerly LiveXLive) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for unpaid music royalties and… Continue Reading
According to a recent report from the news website Axios, the U.S.’s second-biggest AM/FM company, Audacy, has hired bankers to explore the sale of its Cadence13 podcast studio. The report says that Audacy has hired Evolution Media Capital, a boutique investment… Continue Reading
Global technology and services provider to the digital audio, podcast, and broadcast radio industries Triton Digital today announced the release of a new version of its advertising platform, Tap. According to the company’s press release: The enhanced version, now available… Continue Reading
Bauer Media Audio announced today that is has launched new, premium subscription audio services in Norway, RadioPlay.no, combining a commercial-free version of the live radio experience with quality on-demand content and new levels of user choice and personalization. The service… Continue Reading
Royalty collection and distribution agency SoundExchange announced this week (press release here) that is has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Slacker, Inc. and its parent company LiveOne, Inc. to recover… Continue Reading
Podcast listening among Canadians hits a new high for weekly and monthly habits, according to The Infinite Dial 2022 Canada from Edison Research and Triton Digital, 43% percent of Canadians 18+ listen to podcasts monthly, up from 38% in 2021, which RAIN calculates is… Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Globalized (Acast)
— Setting Direction (WNYC Studios)
— Incoming CFO (TuneIn)