Are we moving to an all-IP future? And NPR increases audience again
- Are we moving to an all-IP media future? Yeah… but nah. Audio version
Worldwide
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Interesting piece about (Spotify) playlists and their place in the world
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Canada: Congratulations to radio podcast The Sound Off Podcast for reaching episode 100!
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Touchscreens. Not so good in cars, it turns out. (Helpful information for putting radio/audio in them)
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This is a very nice thing - Songbird makes smart playlists for Spotify. I’d argue that this is why Spotify continues to lead the pack: because the service has lots of people innovating on it like this.
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Well, these are wierd. Want a radio, but want to see the circuitboard inside? You’ll want these. (via @kaedotcom)
United States
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‘Between November 2017 and March 2018, NPR member-station streaming from Amazon Echo more than quadrupled.’
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Public radio in the US - seeing some nice increases in audience. I wonder how much of this is driven by podcasting making more people interested in talk radio.
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Can’t decide whether this article in WIRED is a) ignorant, b) borderline racist, c) just really confused. It’s a piece all about the fact that - shock - some podcasts are done by people who don’t have an American accent.
United Kingdom
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Earshot Creative makes a lovely observation that “breakfast radio hosts do one thing with alarming regularity” - good to spot a nonsense cliché.
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Ouch. A review of BBC Radio 2’s drivetime show.
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Just like radio, the death of live television doesn’t appear to be on the horizon according to Enders Analysis.
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Imaging in 2018 – The Future of Radio Imaging is a nice piece.
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Is Your Conference Seating Sexist? - thankfully, Next Radio doesn’t do seats. Until the last session.
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Revealed: How Britain’s Biggest Local TV Company Has ‘Gamed’ The BBC For Licence Fee Payers’ Money - astonishing piece. It shows, with clarity, what happens if you let government define the media industry.
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Chris Moyles takes control of Radio X billboards - very clever stunt for talkability
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Half an hour of rather excellent local information about Shaftesbury: Alfred, from radio’s Keri Jones. Are ultra local podcasts like this part of radio’s future? I’d think they are.
Australia
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Tassie radio stations want to convert from AM to FM (hardly a surprise!)
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Nice new advertising campaign for Sydney’s WSFM