Music and mental health - Owen Grover The sound of promotionr - Apple Music (and candy) Continue Reading → ...

Edison Research has set and announced the date of its 2026 edition of The Infinite Dial, the authoritative annual study of digital media consumer behavior. Continue Reading → ...

A newly released advertiser survey conducted by EMARKETER, in partnership with Amazon Ads, is titled A Sound Move: Marketers ...

French music streaming and download service Qobuz has added an AI detection system to its service, intending to keep non-human music creations out of its platform. The system accomplishes two goals. C ...

HeartMedia and the Government Communications Office of the State of Qatar have signed a new multi-year partnership. The intent is to grow a thriving podcasting industry in the Middle East and North ...

Audible Taking advantage of audio - ExchangeWire Unsurprising accolade - IFPI Continue Reading → ...

Apple is trumpeting upgrades to its video podcasting tools for creators, and the podcast listening experience for users. The company is calling these new specifications “a transformative update.” Cont ...

After we recover from the rush of yesterday’s successful RAIN Summit Orlando event (and today’s iTunes Radio launch), we’ll get cracking on our own coverage of the Summit. In the meantime, our ...

Global podcast company Acast has released Podcast Pulse 2025, the latest in its annual report series on global podcast trends. (RAIN’s coverage of the 2024 report is HERE.) The backbone theme of this ...

A new research report from Coleman Insights and Amplifi Media is titled From Explosion To Evolution: The State Of Video Podcasting. Findings were released and presented in a webinar hosted by Jay ...

James Cridland, radio futurologist, is a conference speaker, writer and consultant. The original pos is HERE. James also publishes Podnews, a daily briefing on podcasting. Buy James a coffee HERE.

Measurement company Podtrac has released Top Podcasts By Country, which lists the single #1 podcast in each of 48 countries. (The inaugural list, covered by RAIN HERE, ranked only 30 countries.) The ...