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- The Total Audience Report – Nielsen makes a new report available showing US media consumption. Radio: 93% reach. TV: much, much less.
- Thank God For Marketing Experts – without them we’d think radio, and TV, is dead, says the adcontrarian
- Google Play Music launches free, ad-supported ‘radio’ in US. Pandora-killer? Google certainly have the distribution…
- Great article on how Voltair technically works, and busting some myths. Well worth a read.
- Periscope tips from Larry Gifford. Some great tips in here.
- Paris Hilton might be a hardcore [ham] radio enthusiast. Because, you know, why not?
- US media salaries, including radio.
- I hadn’t appreciated that the Obama n-word audio was from WTF, an independent podcast. I listened, and discovered a thoughtful, intelligent interview, and saw a new side to Obama. How Marc Maron Built a Brand That Helped Him Land the President– more on the WTF podcast
- 10,000-song commercial-free stretch for a new station. What a shame my music streaming provider is infinitely adfree. If only they promoted this new station on something else.
- Zane Lowe, the D.J. Scratching Out Beats 1 for Apple – the NYT is running pieces about him. Reminder: nobody in the US knows who he is.
- One of the biggest shows in the US, Dave Ramsey isn’t about politics or sport
- Some good stuff from Edison Research in this report about podcasting and on-demand
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What I’m up to:
- On September 14th I’ll be at Next Radio, the radio ideas conference.
- I’m speaking at the NAB Radio Show in Atlanta at the end of September, and from there travelling to the National Radio Conference in the Gold Coast, Australia in October.
- And I’ll enjoy the RAIN Summit Europe in London on 9th November.
James Cridland is a radio futurologist, and is Managing Director of media.info, a companion website to radioinfo and AsiaRadioToday.
He has served as a judge for a number of industry awards including the Australian ABC Local Radio Awards, the UK Student Radio Awards, and the UK’s Radio Academy Awards, where he has also served on the committee. He was a founder of the hybrid radio technology association RadioDNS.
James is one of the organisers of nextrad.io, the radio ideas conference each September, and is also on the committee of RadioDays Europe. He writes for publications including his own media.info, Radio World International and RAIN News.
“I’d love to speak at your event, conference or get-together too: there are some ideas on my website. I also do analysis and bespoke work for your company. And I like writing.”
James lives in North London with his partner and a two year-old radio-loving toddler. He very, very much likes beer.
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