"A better way to earn." That's Spotify's promise to creators as the streaming behemoth launches the Spotify Partner Program, a new monetization system for creators in four continents. Continue Reading ...

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Guest columnist Steve Gooldstein reviews the just-ended 2023 with a collection of insights and perspectives culled from conversation, interviews, and Steve's own reflections. It's "a quick highlight ...

Music licensing platform Slipstream, which recently received investment from music publisher Kobalt (RAIN coverage HERE) announces that Jonathan Lane has been appointed to the role of Vice President ...

Edison Research has unleashed the 2024 edition of its Latino Podcast Listener Report, the output of 2,502 interviews with US Hispanic/Latino adults 18 and older. The bilingual fieldwork was conducted ...

In this special edition of RAIN Notes, we dive into Nieman Lab’s annual prediction survey.

MIDiA Research, known for its extraordinarily detailed, insightful, and finely articulated research, has released its 2025 predictions. Presented in a webinar last week, we now offer a rundown of the ...

Evergreen Podcasts has acquired the Practical Stoicism podcast, we learn from Evergreen CEO Michael DeAloia HERE. The podcast started in 2022, is dedicate to translate ancient Stoic principle into ...

9to5Mac headlines this warning: “Avoid faking your Spotify Wrapped results if you’re in Congress.” That pearl of advice comes after N.J. Representative Josh Gottheimer was busted online for publicly ...

The end-of-year stream of research reports continues apace. Podcast/audiobook platform Podimo has produced The 2024 Global Trend Report, promising “a year of stories and reactions in 2024, and the ...

Audio analytics powerhouse Veritonic has released a concise survey report which presumes to tell marketers how to improve their podcast advertising. It’s not a scold; it’s a guide based on insights ...

We compared Google Search queries for radio, and for podcasting, and compared the volume of each over 20 years — and found an interesting pattern. (See below.) Search queries for radio far dominated ...