With ad revenue in podcasting set to hit $1 billion in the US, and audience take-up increasing in South Africa, there’s a good marriage waiting to happen. Read more
You’ve probably heard about iTunes going away. There are also some changes to Apple Podcasts categories. And those changes, which I list here, are substantial. Read more
Just like the web, the podcast industry has, by and large, got to grips with analytics and data. And some broadcasters have begun to get into the act. Read more
Radio futurologist James Cridland challenges Apple Music’s head of content Larry Jackson’s claim that Beats 1 is the biggest radio station in the world. Run by Apple and available exclusively on Apple Music, Beats 1 was launched at the end of June 2015 – most audaciously grabbing presenter Zane Lowe from BBC Radio 1 at the […] Read more
The internet. A fantastically useful service – a way of getting great audio contributions from across the world, a tool for research, a method of getting your signal to new people, and a big gaping security headache for you, particularly in times of unrest or instability. Four large radio stations in Australia were hacked and […] Read more