Protecting public media, Podcasts that tell the big story RDE26

26 March 2026 When Donald Trump ended American "tax payer subsidization of biased media" through an executive order last year it cut $5 million from America's National Public...

America’s Corporation for Public Broadcasting board votes to dissolve the organization

7 January 2026 The nonprofit corporation created by Congress to steward the US federal government’s investment in public broadcasting has voted to dissolve the organization after 58 years....

Scott Mayman celebrates 40 years of broadcasting

18 August 2025 Veteran radio journalist Scott Mayman has marked 40 years of broadcasting, celebrating the milestone with family at the weekend. “It was a quiet affair this year which coincided with my wife and I celebrating 28 years of marriage on the exact same date,” he said. 10 years ago, it was a different story, with colleagues… Read More

As younger American listeners turn to podcasts, they’re tuning out AM/FM radio

13 August 2025 By Dave Charles, CEO of Media RESULTS Inc As a broadcaster and radio consultant with over 40 countries of experience working with broadcasters, I think...

Radio gets more control of Smart Speakers with Alexa’s DIY skills kit

10 December 2024 Alexa has introduced a Smart Speaker ‘do it yourself’ skills kit for radio stations, reports Steve Ahern. The kit, introduced earlier this year, gives radio...

Massive growth in US spoken word audio listening

14 November 2023 The Spoken Word Audio Report 2023 released by NPR and Edison Research this week showed record highs in both listening time and audience size for...

ARN adds NPR, Mamamia’s new fashion podcast, Daniel Johns story, and Spanian releases The Search

20 October 2021 ARN’s iHeartRadio Australia has boosted its already extensive content offering by adding NPR’s podcast slate to the app. NPR is America’s leading independent, non-profit media...

All Things Considered will be inducted into the NAB Hall of Fame

3 June 2021 All Things Considered, the flagship news program of NPR, will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the...

New US study identifies six types of radio listeners

22 April 2021 • Six kinds of radio listeners across a spectrum of engagement • The more engaged group is more open to advertising • Most people believe...

Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics for March

13 May 2020 Triton Digital has released the Webcast Metrics Monthly Ranker for March. Compared to February’s ranker there are very few changes in the top 20 Global publishers...

NPR’s CEO gives radio “some things to ponder” #RadioShow2019

25 September 2019 Jarl Mohn, President and CEO of NPR spoke at #RadioShow2019 session, You’re Not Just in the Radio Business Anymore that featured innovators who’ve made the...

Smart Speaker ownership grows by 75%, but is the government listening?

27 June 2019 The NPR and Edison Research Spring 2019 Smart Audio Report is showing that the number of Smart Speakers in households across the US is now...

The future of personalised audio news #RDE19

4 April 2019 Mark Little was the founder of the Storyful company, which has now been sold to News Corp. His current venture is Kinzen, a new product...

U.S. smart speaker ownership grows by 78% in 2018

7 January 2019 NPR and Edison Research have released their Winter report into smart speaker adoption rates and holiday purchase behaviour in the U.S. Key findings include: 8%...

43 million Americans own a smart speaker

26 July 2018 18% of Americans own a Smart Speaker, around 43 million people, and usage is growing. According to the Smart Audio report, conducted by NPR and...

US public radio consortium buys Australian podcasting app Pocket Casts

8 May 2018 Concerns raised over user privacy. A group of US public radio giants comprising NPR, WNYC, WBEZ Chicago and This American Life has acquired Pocket Casts,...