Bret Kinsella, Author at XAPPmedia

September 24, 2015

New Apple Music Ad Load Report

XAPPmedia today published the first Internet radio ad load report that includes data on Apple Music. Surprise! Apple Music continues to provide an ad-supported listening option. […]

September 23, 2015

Robert Wilde of Slacker - XAPPmedia Advertising Week Panelist

Advertising Week Panelist Spotlight – Robert Wilde, Slacker

VP of Monetization for Slacker, Robert Wilde, is a panelist on next week’s Advertising Week session, "Internet Radio is Bigger than Facebook!? What it Means for Marketers." Below, Robert discusses how his career has taken him full circle from Musicmatch in 2000 to Slacker today and how he sees today’s large audiences on Internet radio as part of a long arc toward more personalization in audio delivery.

September 22, 2015

Carter Brokaw of iHeartMedia - XAPPmedia Advertising Week Panelist

Advertising Week Panelist Spotlight: Carter Brokaw, iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia President of Digital Revenue & Strategy, Carter Brokaw is a panelist on next week’s Advertising Week session, "Internet Radio is Bigger than Facebook!? What it Means for Marketers." Below, Carter discusses his attraction to sound, the profound audience reach of radio/Internet radio, and how audio provides an ideal mobile marketing platform.

September 21, 2015

John Rosso of Triton Digital - XAPPmedia Advertising Week Panelist

Advertising Week Panelist Spotlight: John Rosso, Triton Digital

President of Market Development for Triton Digital, John Rosso is one of four panelists on next week’s Advertising Week session, "Internet Radio is Bigger than Facebook!? What it Means for Marketers." Below, John discusses his early career at ABC where he was on a team that was among the first to put media on Internet and how things have changed over the years.

September 15, 2015

Podcasters: Downloads are Holding You Back, Embrace Streaming (Part 2)

Podcasting may be going through a renaissance, but a reliance on downloads for distribution now seems like renaissance-era technology. Part 1 outlined how measurability is undermined in the podcast download model. Part 2 focuses on how streaming actually frees up more ad inventory that can deliver higher revenues and greater audience engagement.

September 14, 2015

Podcasters: Downloads are Holding You Back, Embrace Streaming (Part 1)

Podcasts were born in a download era, but we now live in a streaming world. When podcasts arrived on the scene, streaming wasn’t an option. Today we have ubiquitous LTE and nearly ubiquitous WiFi. The high-speed mobile bandwidth should make it easy to stream audio such as podcasts on demand instead of waiting for a time when you can download a large file.

September 10, 2015

Join Us at Advertising Week – If Internet Radio is Bigger than Facebook, How Can Advertisers Make the Most of It?

XAPPmedia is once again hosting the premier Advertising Week session on Internet Radio. This year’s session will feature iHeartmedia, Slacker, Triton Digital and XAPPmedia. These insiders will tell you what’s working, what’s not, how the medium is changing and the lessons for advertisers looking to access this large and dynamic consumer audience.

September 9, 2015

The Present and Future of Podcasting

Tomorrow, podcasters and media buyers will congregate in New York City for the Podcast Upfront Showcase 2015. Sponsored by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), this will be an opportunity for media buyers to gain exposure to a wide variety of podcasts. For podcasters it is an opportunity to gain broad exposure to agencies representing big brands with large advertising budgets.

September 2, 2015

The Future of Mobile – an Interview with Dan Hodges of Consumers in Motion

Dan Hodges is CEO and founder of Consumers in Motion Group, an agency focused on mobile strategy. Earlier in his career, Dan served in senior executive roles at Verve Mobile, Nokia, Mediavest and the Associated Press.