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March 21, 2019 | Alli Romano, MediaVillage
Is 2019 the Year of Audio?

If you listened to audio executives at the recent RAIN Summit in New York, many declared 2019 is going to be the "year of audio." Their predictions called for a banner year where advertisers up their spending and … More
March 07, 2019 | Anna Washenko, RAIN News
Infinite Dial 2019: Nearly a Quarter of U.S. Adults Own Smart Speakers

The Infinite Dial 2019 has been tracking the smart speaker trend since the debut of the first Amazon Echo device. In this year’s results, awareness of the hardware reached 79%, or about 223 million people. The rate rose … More
March 06, 2019 | Inside Radio, Inside Radio
Podcast Familiarity Hits 70% Thanks To ‘Significant Spike’ During Past Year

The march to mainstream took a big step forward during the past year with more people than ever reporting they are familiar with the term “podcasting.” In data to be released today as part of the annual Infinite Dial … More
March 04, 2019 | Inside Radio, Inside Radio
New Data Shows Radio Listening On Smart Speakers Has Doubled

As smart speaker adoption continues to ramp up, it’s having a pronounced impact on how U.S. listeners access radio station streams. New data shows the portion of online radio listening occurring on smart speakers has … More
February 20, 2019 | Inside Radio, Inside Radio
Midwest Communications Goes Big On Podcasts

Wausau, WI-based Midwest Communications has been among the most aggressive of the mid-market radio groups investing in podcasting. Not only are many of its morning and afternoon drive shows available on-demand, but it’s … More
February 07, 2019 | RAIN News Staff, RAIN News
Infinite Dial 2019 Results will be Revealed on March 6

Triton Digital and Edison Research have set a date for the release of Infinite Dial 2019, the preeminent annual consumer research report of how Americans listen to audio. The Infinite Dial is widely sourced throughout … More
January 18, 2019 | Inside Radio, Inside Radio
Monetizing Digital Audio: Streaming Simulcast Or Ad Insertion?

With more and more AM/FM radio listening coming from streaming, programmers and sales managers are looking for ways to provide a pleasant listening experience while monetizing this growing audience. Dynamic ad insertion … More
January 02, 2019 | Sarah Perez, TechCrunch
Podcast industry aims to better track listeners through new analytics tech called RAD

Internet users are already being tracked to death, with ads that follow us around, search histories that are collected and stored, emails that report back to senders when they’ve been read, websites that know where you … More
December 06, 2018 | Inside Radio, Inside Radio
Inside Radio Podcast Explores Digital Audio With John Rosso

Fueled by an expanding array of consumer electronics devices, digital audio continues to show across-the-board listening gains. For Triton Digital, which is tasked with measuring all this consumption, a central … More
December 05, 2018 | Radio+Television Business Report, RBR
Deezer, Triton Team For Mobile Programmatic Audio Ads

The ad sales house of a popular global music streaming service has launch mobile programmatic audio advertising for its free users through a new partnership with a top technology and services provider now owned by The E. … More