RAIN Notes: December 12
New year forecasting – MIDiA Research
Massive aggregation – AcastBest – NPR
Hot Smart Rich(er) – Steven Bartlett
For early-stagers – Podcast Creator Summit Continue Reading
Acast’s massive podcast aggregation
Global podcast giant Acast has upgraded its proposition to podcast clients with what the company calls an industry-first YouTube program. Also, an inventory partnership with digital production house Little Dot. Continue Reading
Podcast creators under the microscope in detailed Sounds Profitable research
Sounds Profitable has released The Creators: Understanding the Modern Podcast Creator. The study was fielded by Signal Hill Insights, and queried over 5,000 Americans 18 years and older. Click for partial coverage and link to the source deck. Continue Reading
Washington Post intros AI-driven personalized podcasts
The Washington Post has introduced podcasts personalized to each user’s preferences of length and topic, and reading history. The mechanism is driven by AI, and is co-created with the AI voicing company Eleven Labs Continue Reading
NAB exec testifies in Senate as radio royalty argument grinds on
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Board DirectorHenry Hinton will enter the long-running fray over the exemption of terrestrial radio from paying performance royalties for airplay of songs. Hinton will argue that stations should continue their statutory exemption. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: December 9
The main stream – Sounds Profitable
Client-first thinking – True Native Media
Best – NPR Continue Reading
Golden Globes: Podcasts added; nominees for “Best” revealed
The Golden Globes Awards, an accolades program founded to recognize excellence in movies and television, have added a “Best Podcast” category. This mainstream recognition of podcasting as a major media category should not be underestimated. It might seem late to the game, but adding the new category was prompted by metrics , via Golden Globes data partner Luminate. Continue Reading
RAIN Notes: December 5
Tops – An upcoming webinar from Edison Research
So THAT’s how it works – The anatomy of he music revenue system, by Pete Madigan Continue Reading
Triton/Omny adds video podcast production with existing audio capabilities
Triton Digital-owned Omny Studio announces that it has equipped its podcast creation platform with video podcasting. Along with the basic capacity to produce video podcasts, the update includes analytics and monetization for them. Continue Reading
Spotify unwraps Wrapped, its annual personalized data product
Spotify Wrapped has been released; a kind of holiday data gift to subscribers. It has also become a social touchpoint and enormous sharing topic. Wrapped is an annual feature in the Spotify mobile app; it is not presented in the… Continue Reading
RAIN Time Travel: December 2015 headlines
In this monthly feature, we look back one decade to December 2015, and revisit selected headlines. Click any item to visit the article. Happy decade surfing. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Radioland – WSQK: showing how radio innovates like no other
by James Cridland
In this week’s column, James assesses innovation in radio. American: no innovation for 19 years. Other part of the world get kinder marks, and this iece focuses on WSQK, a globally produced station owned by, um, British network Global. Thing is, WSQK is a pop-up station that fits into the Stranger Things franchise — “a full, 24/7, six-week long radio station deep into the Stranger Things universe,” as James explains. “And everything is perfect”. James invokes real stations to listen — the writing and production are superb — and take notes. Continue Reading