RAIN Notes: February 23
Audible sync for ebook focus – Audible
Taking advantage of audio – ExchangeWire
Unsurprising accolade – IFPI
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RAIN Notes: February 19
Audible sync for ebook focus – Audible
Taking advantage of audio – ExchangeWire
Unsurprising accolade – IFPI
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RAIN Notes: February 6
Finalizing – A formality
Departing – Joanna Stern
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RAIN Notes: January 30
Pride and Petulance – Joe Rogan
Shaping the Understanding – Kelli Hurley
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Spotify speaks and Rogan apologizes in damage control before Q4 earnings
Spotigate? Roganomics? Today we learn that Spotify and its headline podcaster Joe Rogan are maneuvering to get in front of apparent accelerating damage resulting from a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience which created public outcry over statements about Covid vaccines. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek clarified and disclosed; Rogan apologized and promised. Click for more. Continue Reading
Jeff Umbro: Podcast News, Views, and Tools
by Jeff Umbro
In this week’s column, Podglomerate CEO Jeff Umbro covers key podcast news items from the past week. Also, he claims to have listened to non-political podcasts … for one day. Continue Reading
Jeff Umbro: Porsches and Podcasts
by Jeff Umbro
In this week’s column, Podglomerate CEO Jeff Umbro returns from a four-week hiatus with a review of podcast news from near and far. Also, his favorite pods of the moment. Continue Reading
“Hello friends, we have a situation.” Covid reaches Rogan staff.
In an Instagram video, Joe Rogan — the world’s most successful podcaster, by consensus and most measurement — announced that a member of his production staff has tested positive for Covid. Production of The Joe Rogan Experience is halted indefinitely. Rogan speculates “deep into next week” before the show resumes. Continue Reading
Spotify upheaval over Rogan content
Spotify employees are more than unhappy with Joe Rogan’s controversial guests and remarks in some catalog episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, which is starting an exclusive distribution deal. Much of the turmoil is reportedly centered around perceived transphobia expressed in the show. rogan recently apologized … for something else. Spotify staff have petitioned leadership for pre-publishing editorial control of the podcast. According to anonymously sourced reports, Daniel Ek has decided against that. Continue Reading
Jeff Umbro: Amazon, Apple, and SiriusXM All Make Podcast Moves
by Jeff Umbro
In this week’s column, Podglomerate CEO Jeff Umbro provides news and commentary about the podcasting launch in Amazon Music, executive shuffling at SiriusXM, Chartable fundraising, the Black Podcasting Awards, and more. Continue Reading
Jeff Umbro: Rogan, Overcast, Apple Watch, and podcasts are always…
by Jeff Umbro
In this week’s column, Podglomerate CEO Jeff Umbro provides news and commentary about Joe Rogan, Overcast’s new alerts, Apple Watch, and a link to a great article on podcast journalism. Continue Reading
Joe Rogan lands on Spotify; not exclusive yet; some shows missing
As reported, The Joe Rogan Experience — the world’s most successful podcast by many measures — has landed in the Spotify app. Thus marks the start of this well publicized exclusive distribution deal. Except … not exclusive yet. We are still able to play Rogan in other podcast apps. That’s not totally unexpected; the publicized deal details did note that episodes would persist for some amount of time before lowering the gate. There’s another peculiarity, though: Not all the episodes have made it into Spotify, according to reports. Speculation of censorship is circulating. Continue Reading