by Jeff Umbro
In this week’s column, Podglomerate CEO Jeff Umbro covers key podcast news items from the past week. Megafy? That’s mega-Spotify. Also, a review of three radio quarterly earnings reports. Continue Reading
In Entercom’s Q2 earnings call on August 7, CEO David Field held forth with a considerable portion of his opening remarks focused on digital audio and cross-category business in the U.S.’s second-largest commercial radio group. In fact, “radio” is subsumed in Field’s broad definition of Entercom: “Entercom is now a scaled media and entertainment company.” Continue Reading
Here is the latest in our perio;dic update of major audio stock performance. In the chart below, we see the violent fluctuations in stock value for Spotify (SPOT), SiriusXM (SIRI), iHeartMedia (IHRT), and Entercom (ETM). These four companies embody numerous audio creation, distribution, and technology entities, including: Gimlet Media, Parcast, Anchor, Pandora, AdsWizz, Simplecast, iHeartPodcast Network, Stuff Media, Cadence13, RADIO.com, and Pineapple Street Studios. Continue Reading
Entercom-owned RADIO.COM released a raft of encouraging listening numbers following a mobile app update. Listening increased in March month-over-month. Even sports programming saw gains, though no actual games were played. The mobile app has been updated for better content discovery and ad targeting. Continue Reading
Entercom released its latest statistics for RADIO.COM. The media giant’s digital audio and content platform recorded a record 40 million monthly active users in March. It included notable spikes on web and smart speakers. Continue Reading
Entercom released listening statistics about its growing podcast segment. It said in the release that its Podcast Network has seen “blockbuster” audience growth in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
Entercom Communications announced a big change in its C-suite leadership. The media and entertainment company’s Chief Operating Officer Weezie Kramer will retire later this year. She will be succeeded by Susan Larkin, who will assume the COO post effective May 5. Continue Reading
Entercom announced a new effort that will provide marketing campaign measurement tools to podcasts and streaming audio. This stems from apartnership with marketing company Claritas, which offers an identity graph with proprietary data for more than 120 million households and more than 1 billion devices. Continue Reading
Entercom announced that it will distribute Radio Disney and Radio Disney Country programming. Both Disney channels will be available through the RADIO.COM digital audio platform alongside Entercom’s station portfolio and podcast content. Continue Reading
Entercom announced that RADIO.COM will be integrated with Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant. All of the sports, entertainment, news, and music content from RADIO.COM will be made available to U.S. listeners through a capsule in the Bixby Marketplace. Continue Reading
Entercom continues to expand its RADIO.COM platform. The newest feature is RADIO.COM Rewind, which introduces on-demand controls to the broadcast radio content on the service. This tool automatically records the past 24 hours of broadcasts from enabled stations, which means users can pause or rewind to find their favorite shows, or revisit a program a second time. Continue Reading
Entercom announced a new addition to its sports podcast programming for RADIO.COM. The show, Scal & Pals, will offer two hours of live NBA coverage every weekday. The live show can be heard between 11 am and 1 pm Eastern, and can also be heard on-demand via other podcast platforms. Continue Reading