Looking back at it, the on-demand entertainment revolution has been going on for a full generation now. It’s been more than 20 years since PVRs and DVDs made it possible to watch digital copies of your favourite movies and TV shows on your schedule. And it’s 20+ years since Napster, then the iPod, delivered on […]
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Apple and Spotify recently opened the door to helping podcasters set up paid subscriptions on their platforms. Meanwhile, though it went largely under the radar on this side of the ocean, Bauer Media in the UK rolled out a paid subscription package for radio, offering super fans of its Scala Radio, Jazz FM, Planet Rock
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Part of the podcast explosion of the past few years has been the rise of branded podcasts. Done right, branded podcasts can be incredibly powerful. Not only do podcasts reach young, affluent consumers who favour ad-free content, but no other form of content marketing can deliver the deep engagement of podcasting and keep the audience
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Two notable anniversaries went unheralded last year. On June 22, 2020, the pop-up toaster celebrated its 100th birthday. A little more than four months later, commercial radio marked 100 years since the launch of KDKA Pittsburgh on Election Day, November 2, 1920. These two fixtures of 20th century life share more than an anniversary. They
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I have a confession. I’m a two-finger typist. When I got my first elective in middle school, the choice was typing or Latin. I went for Latin. Bad call. When I landed my first job writing radio ads, there was no time for remedial learning. I survived by clumsily bashing my two fingers into the
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There’s been a lot of talk about the Clubhouse live audio chat app over the past few months. The explosive growth of the invite-only, IOS-only app has certainly got the attention of those working in the audio world. Will the Clubhouse app kill podcasts? Is Clubhouse an update of live talk radio for the 2020s?
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While the pandemic has put a pause on so much, it’s also pushed forward a world of change. That makes it a good time to be a researcher. But it also requires a re-think. You can’t keep doing the same old surveys asking the same old questions. For example, how would you put together a
One of the biggest challenges facing podcasting is discovery. It cuts both ways. Where can podcast listeners go to find their next great obsession? And, if you’re a podcaster, how do you get your podcast discovered among the 2 million or so podcasts crowding the playing field? We put our microscope on this a few
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How Customization Adds Value to a Brand Lift Study In civil engineering surveys, benchmarks (like the one above) provide a reference point from which other measurements can be taken. These are often quite literally set in stone because their value derives from being a static, unchanging point of comparison. Market research surveys
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Over the past few decades, audio has been used mainly as a tactical tool to drive immediate sales. And for some very good reasons. Radio serves as the last mile in reaching drivers in their cars or trucks who are about to make a purchase. Meanwhile, direct-to-consumer brands have had great success with host-read ads
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