October 1, 2015
iHeartMedia, Triton Digital and Slacker Radio Represented at the XAPPmedia AWXII Panel

Audio Had a Big Year at Advertising Week AWXII

If you attended Advertising Week this year you couldn’t avoid sessions devoted to millennials, mobile and … audio. Yes, it’s true. Audio is back and hip enough to get attention at the advertising industry’s largest gathering.
September 24, 2015
Apple Music Advertisers

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 15, 2015
Podcasting

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.
August 24, 2015

Is Apple Music Succeeding or Failing?

Dueling Apple Music numbers were released last week. One set tells a mildly unfavorable story for the much-hyped streaming service, the other doesn’t appear to be good or bad – more like okay.
August 4, 2015
Advertiser Spotload Concentration

Internet Radio Advertiser Diversity Grows for Some Publishers

One of the headlines from the Q2 Internet Radio Ad Load Report was continued growth in the number of advertisers identified. More advertisers indicate broader interest in Internet radio as an advertising channel. However, the growth in advertiser diversity is not developing equally across publishers. Two publishers have expanded their advertising base significantly while three others have not.
July 27, 2015
Pandora Net Ad Revenues Worldwide, 2013-2017

eMarketer Forecasts $1 Billion Mobile Ad Revenue for Pandora

Pandora announced earnings last week that included some impressive growth numbers. For the trailing twelve months, Pandora generated more than $1 billion in total revenue. Before the earnings report, eMarketer published an article that includes a new forecast for Pandora mobile advertising revenue.
July 13, 2015

Adotas Q&A with Pat Higbie on Apple Music & Internet Radio

Earlier this month, Adotas published a Q&A with XAPPmedia CEO and Co-founder Pat Higbie. The questions focus on Apple Music and its affect on both streaming music services and broadcast radio.
July 8, 2015
Nielsen Data - Online Music Reaches Critical Mass in 2014

Nielsen Data Confirm Listener Time Shift to Ad-Supported Online Audio

RAIN News reported last week on an EDMbiz presentation by Nielsen Vice President Tatiana Simonian showing further confirmation of the listener migration to online listening. It also confirmed that ad-supported listening is the dominant choice of consumers.