If the headline seems startling, it’s for good reason. Over a ten-year span podcast listening has gradually overtaken ...

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We hear from music publishing administration firm Songtrust that its parent company Downtown Music Holdings has completed its acquisition of, and merger with, Virgin Music Group. The combination was ...

In Spotify’s just-released earnings report (Q4 2025) we see good news on the top lines motivating a vigorous bounce in stock ...

Apple is trumpeting upgrades to its video podcasting tools for creators, and the podcast listening experience for users. The company is calling these new specifications “a transformative update.” Cont ...

The Podcast Metrics division of Edison Research has released an interesting output of its relentless podcast metrics research: Top Ten New Podcasts of 2025. We compare that list with Edison’s Top 50 ...

After we recover from the rush of yesterday’s successful RAIN Summit Orlando event (and today’s iTunes Radio launch), we’ll get cracking on our own coverage of the Summit. In the meantime, our ...

iHeartMedia is launching a radio/podcast product called True Crime Tonight, which will leverage the network’s vast array of U.S. radio stations and its position as a leading podcast publisher. Podcast ...

Headliner, an audience growth tool for podcasters, today releases a new tool called Automatic Clips for Back Catalog. The main thrust is to keep past podcast episodes attracting new audiences by ...

In an audacious action starting to attract media attention, last month a group of piracy actors called Anna’s Archive copied about 86 million music files from Spotify. The intention was to release the ...

In a ten-year creative drought, Britney Spears has reportedly sold the rights to her music catalog. The buyer is Primary Wave, a leading independent publisher. The news is anonymously sourced, ...

In this week's column, James declaims: "While the Americans have, sadly, stopped innovating in radio as far as I can see - and I’ve evidence that they stopped 19 years ago - other parts of the world ...