Podcasts Archives

Add podcasts to your Spotify playlists

06/10/2019

Spotify subscribers can now add podcasts to their Spotify playlists either as a podcast playlist or a mixed music and podcast playlist according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. There are now over 3 billion user-generated music playlists on Spotify and now with Spotify’s recent upgrade and in keeping with their Audio First strategy users can now combine music and podcasts on the same playlists. With this frequently requested functionality, users can build […]

BBC iPlayer Radio app will start to close on 16th September

BBC iPlayer Radio app to close

15/09/2019

BBC iPlayer Radio app to close with a staggered shutdown starting Monday 16th September according to a recent BBC blog. Over a two week period or so, users will get a message when they open the old app to say that it is being closed, and depending on their device, they will be guided to the right place to find BBC Sounds to continue listening to BBC Radio. James Purnell, Director, Radio & Education at […]

Ofcom publishes Media Nations: UK 2019

31/08/2019

UK’s broadcasting media regulator Ofcom publishes Media Nations: UK 2019 report containing statistics and trends in the television and online video sectors as well as the radio and other audio sectors. The 107-page report is Ofcom’s second annual Media Nations report and in addition to the UK has separate reports for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Media Nations: UK 2019 is a reference publication for industry, policy makers, academics and consumers and is broken down […]

Pandora for Podcasters blog announcement

Submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal

27/08/2019

Creators can now sub submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal using Pandora’s new self-service hub in a recent blog posting. The launch of this dedicated hub for podcasters comes hot on the heels of Spotify’s launch of its Spotify for Podcasters platform. Podcasts on Pandora was launched in December 2018 with hundreds of shows and over 100,000 episodes, and in just months has grown to thousands of shows and over 500,000 episodes spanning Daily […]

Spotify for Podcasters platform launched

19/08/2019

Spotify has launched its Spotify for Podcasters platform which at its heart is a discovery and analytics dashboard. The new platform which has come out of beta is built to empower the podcasting community allowing it to continue innovating and sharing their work with the world. On the platform a user can both submit a show to Spotify and dive deep into engagement and demographic data for their podcast, tracking things like average listening times, […]

Canadians go-to music sources are radio and podcasts

11/08/2019

Canadians go-to music sources are radio and podcasts with 65% of them discovering new music via traditional radio sources according to a new report from market analysts, Nielsen. Despite the increase in media choices radio remains one of the most popular and wide-reaching ways to listen to music. According to Nielsen’s fifth annual Canada Music 360 report, 58% of consumers in Canada tune to radio to get their music fixes. Despite having been around for […]

Spotify goes into partnership with the Obama's podcasting production company

Spotify partners with the Obama’s podcasting company

11/06/2019

Spotify partners with the Obama’s podcasting company – Higher Ground – to produce podcasts exclusively for the platform. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama formed Higher Ground in 2018 with an initial partnership with Netflix, to produce powerful stories to entertain, inform and inspire, and to lift up new, diverse voices in the entertainment industry. Under the Higher Ground partnership, President and Mrs. Obama will develop, produce, and lend their voices to select podcasts on […]