by Steve Goldstein
In the latest guest column from Steve Goldstein, he describes the experience of guest-lecturing a media class at NYU, with industry guests as expert panelists. Steve discovered that the class was savvy about the challenge of success in podcasting. “Not everyone thinks podcasting is a road to riches.” And the students were incredulous that the music business has not figured out licensing for podcasts. Continue Reading →
Jottings of Note
— New Hire (DAX)
— Consultation (Podspike)
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A leadership change in iHeartMedia-owned ad tech company Triton Digital has co-founder Neal Schore stepping aside, and John Rosso stepping up as President and CEO. Rosso was previously President of Market Development. Continue Reading →
Brad Hill: Heather, thanks so much for joining me today. Heather Osgood: Thanks so much for having me! I’m excited to chat. Brad: Great!. You are the founder of True Native, a podcast ad repping business that you started… Continue Reading →
Jottings of Note
— Programmatic Need (Heather Osgood)
— Q&A (Francis Currie)
— New Drops (CNN)
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Jottings of Note
— DAnxIety (Digiday)
— Celebration (iHeartRadio)
— Deep Identity (CMO)
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RAIN News attended the Hot Pod Summit at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn yesterday, a Covid-vaccinated gathering which, to some attendees we spoke to, signaled a hopeful return to in-person business gatherings. In a charming urban-rustic setting at the Wythe, an estimated 200 attendees mostly represented the creative community of podcasting. At the same time we saw many industry pros from the network and technology sides. Click through for details. Continue Reading →
This morning venerable podcast hosting platform Libsyn announced its acquisition of Podcast Ad RepsLLC, known as PAR. PAR will be bundled into AdvertiseCast, a previous Libsyn acquisition. Rick Selah and Anthony Savelli, PAR’s founders, and Co-CEOs, will join AdvertiseCast’s leadership team. Continue Reading →
by Jeff Vidler
In his latest guest column, Jeff Vidler contemplates U.S. ad spend on podcasting has nearly doubled every two years since 2015. Listeners are receptive. The blend of advertisers is changing, and so are ad types. The highly successful host-read ad is difficult to scale. As podcasting steers toward programmatic, Jeff examines new formats and campaign types. Continue Reading →
Jottings of Note, smart speaker edition
— Ad Infotainment (Acast)
— Oopsamatic (The Verge)
— PRX Raids BSO (PRX)
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STEVE GOLDSTEIN IVONE SCHRAMM, Triton Digital (Programmatic) kjhkjh ERIC NUZUM, Co-founder, Magnificent Noise HEATHER OSGOOD, CEO of True Native Media KERRI HOFFMAN, CEO of PRX BRYAN MOFFETT DARYL BATTAGLIA CASSANDRA LAPRAIRIE MANOUSH ZOMORODI TOM WEBSTER MIKE CARRUTHERS KATHY DOYLE
We don’t often receive news from Bulgaria, and today we learn that the country’s largest radio group, Fresh Media Bulgaria, has signed Triton Digital to leverage Triton’s streaming tech stack, services, and network. The imperatives are to increase ad revenue, build audience, and streamline day-to-day operations on the streaming side. Continue Reading →