What is a radio, anyway?
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- What is a radio, anyway? And what’s a smart speaker? - my weekly column. Also in RAIN; and also an almost-decent audio version.
Worldwide
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2018 Internet Trends: that Mary Meeker thing that comes out every year. Very good read. There’s no mention of ‘podcast’; but a few mentions of radio - you’d like slide 96, which says that Americans spend 13% of media time with radio, yet it only gets 9% of ad spend. That means radio gets about US$9.3bn less than it ought to, Meeker appears to be arguing: at least, she argues similar for mobile. Incidentally, this is a 294 page slide deck, but it is meant for reading: so don’t worry about the video you might see elsewhere.
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Ramadan in Saudi Arabia: peak radio listening, and no music allowed
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Consistency is a major reason for any media’s success. The Economist knows that. How many radio stations have a style guide, I wonder?
United States
- This could happen to you - a website hack taking your site offline. Boo to the hackers of KBOO’s website!
United Kingdom
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BBC predicts all-IP future, says it will evolve into an internet broadcaster says an excited article, quoting the nice Matthew Postgate. It’s also showing the World Cup in 4K, but “only a limited number of spots available”, because the future isn’t very scalable. Data point: 9.3% of all radio listening is via IP.
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Radio 2 listeners revolt over new drivetime format - this story is from the Daily Mail, so is probably bullshit, but even so, I’ve not heard many good things about the enforced pairing-up of Simon Mayo and Jo Whiley. (I’ve not listened). I think Mayo’s a great broadcaster, and his days on Radio 1 breakfast were a good and well-executed multi-host format, so it’ll probably get there.
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Clever marketing for Dave Berry’s new Absolute Radio breakfast show
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I guested on BBC Radio Scotland earlier this week, in a slot about the new BBC Radio Scotland podcast The Doorstep Murder.
Australia
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Newly-arrived Brit Christian O’Connell has had a party thrown in his honour; there’s a marketing campaign; and he was introduced to his new studio by cheering station staff. I never got any of this when I moved here.
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Interesting to hear that 4BC are running some short, five second ads, for one client the other day. They work quite well.
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Apple kicked out an Australian podcast re-publisher last week. Interesting idea, mind you.
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I’m in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. I like drinking coffee. I’m at james@crid.land or 0447 692743.
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