Global, the Media & Entertainment group has unveiled details of a new Studio for video-first original podcast content. Global Studios will be home to Global’s podcast slate, including The News Agents and My Therapist Ghosted Me, alongside shows from the newly-acquired The Fellas Studios, which is behind shows including The Fellas, Saving Grace, Pitchside and Bach […]
Media regulator Ofcom has awarded small-scale DAB multiplex licences for seven more areas in the UK. So far, 75 multiplexes have launched broadcasting to listeners across all four nations of the UK. In total, the small-scale DAB programme will enable the launch of over 100 multiplexes. Following a competitive process, where each applicant was judged […]
Anthony Scaramucci’s weekly interview series Open Book is joining the Goalhanger network. The show, co-produced by SALT and the Casablanca Strategy Group, invites prominent voices in business, politics entertainment and culture to go deep into a piece of their work – whether a book, article or opinion piece – and explore how ideas from the […]
Germany’s Online Audio Monitor 2025 from VAUNET reveals that online audio has become inseparable from everyday life in the country. With 53 million users, it has reached a new record high. While new formats such as video podcasts are gaining traction and music streaming in cars is also becoming increasingly significant, linear web radio is […]
CNBC, the business news network, has announced the expansion of its partnership with TuneIn, a specialist in live audio, to ensure listeners around the world can stay connected to market-moving insights. Already available to US listeners, this extension ensures global investors and business professionals can tap into real-time market coverage, breaking news and exclusive interviews […]
The BBC has launched its first DAB+ music stations. The three new station extensions from Radio 1 and Radio 3 are the first to be added to the BBC’s music portfolio since 2002 – when the BBC launched 6 Music, 1Xtra and Asian Network. Radio 1 Anthems, Radio 1 Dance and Radio 3 Unwind launched […]
Pay-radio operator SiriusXM may have lost its star broadcasting attraction in the form of ‘shock jock’ Howard Stern. There are mixed reports, the gentlest being that Stern and SiriusXM have as yet failed to make an agreement over his $100 million per year contract. The other reports say Stern (aged 71) was tiring of the […]
In Sweden, audio media listening averages at approximately 100 minutes per day. This figure has remained stable in recent years, but listening has shifted, reports Mediavision. In 2022, podcasts and digital music accounted for about 40 per cent of total listening time. By Q2 2025, the share has grown to over 55 per cent – […]
North American pay-radio operator SiriusXM has reported $2.14 billion (€1.8bn) in Q2 revenue; a 2 per cent decrease compared to the same period in 2024. Net income for the quarter was $205 million. Subscribers grew by 68,000 (net) and a year-on-year improvement of 32,000. Total subscribers are about 33 million. “Our renewed strategic focus continued […]
RAJAR figures for Global in Q2 2025 show a record-breaking share (27.7 per cent), record-breaking hours (283 million), and 29 million people are still tuning in every week to live radio across Global’s brands, whilst its Heart station has extended its lead as the UK’s biggest commercial radio brand. Key headlines include: GLOBAL With 29 […]