In this edition of Steve Goldstein's column, he assesses the goods and bads of AI. It can now generate podcasts at industrial ...

Spotify has launched a “wrapped”-style feature called Party of the Year(s), inviting subscribers to flash back to their earliest platform listens. It’s part of Spotify’s 20th birthday celebration. Con ...

Edison Research has released the Q1 edition of its Top Podcast Networks ranker. Over five thousand respondents are asked on ...

Spotify launched Verified, an authenticity badge which identifies human-created music and distinguishes it from AI generated (and AI influenced) music. Started this month, the intelligence feature ...

Warner Music and Paramount Pictures have agreed to a partnership arrangement for making theatrical movies about legendary musicians, past and present. The projects will be undertaken in collaboration ...

In a spectacular trove of podcast industry wisdom, thirteen industry experts contribute short essays in response to this ...

Audio chat interface Google Gemini will be installed in General Motors cars, elevating that car company’s vehicle software platform. The upgrade will replace the existing Google Assistant. The value ...

Audio advertising intelligence company Magellan AI is announcing an expansion of its partnership with radio colossus ...

We learn from a variety of second-hand sources that DistroKid, an open-to-anyone digital music distribution service, is exploring a $2B sale. Prospective suitors are not identified in our sources, but ...

In today’s edition of the Weekly Insights feature from Edison Research, we learn how four different age categories spend time listening to AM/FM radio and podcasts. The most apparent takeaway shows ...

These companies and projects have explicitly used the word “Wrapped” to describe their annual user summaries: Mastodon (“Wrapstodon”): A community-driven campaign that highlights social activity, ...

It is a time of shaking loose from original network partnerships. Just as Joe Rogan and Alex Cooper are changing their exclusive relationships with Spotify (RAIN coverage HERE), the hit podcast ...