Audio Ink

In a move to provide transparency to the music industry, Billboard has launched a royalty calculator for Spotify and Apple Music users. This creation is the result of collaboration with data gathered by music industry law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

As video podcasting booms, Audacy has added YouTube distribution to Creator Lab, its free podcast hosting platform, allowing creators to publish full-length video episodes directly to their YouTube accounts while still monetizing audio across major listening platforms.

The podcast universe keeps expanding. This time it’s a new program narrated and researched by author James Andrew Miller. Origins, the podcast will explore beginnings -- whether from the worlds of television, movies, sports, music, business, or human relationships -- to explain how greatness starts and how critical happenings come to be.

Yesterday we told you about The Royal Wedding Podcast, hosted by gossip columnist Rob Shuter, which is being distributed by Collisions, the podcast division of CRN International. Our original story stated the Podcast would start in May. That was incorrect. That Podcast is now live and runs through May.

Streaming platform TuneIn is now collaborating with HumanWare, a company specializing in assistive technology devices, to enhance the audio experience for the visually impaired and blind community.

With the college football season just around the corner, the satellite radio company has entered into a new five-year broadcasting agreement with Learfield and IMG, for both streaming and satellite radio rights. The result for fans? A greatly expanded number of college games available to subscribers.

Magellan AI is enhancing its measurement suite in cooperation with Nielsen by licensing the ratings company's proprietary Designated Market Area data, allowing advertisers to locally measure podcast performance across 210 standardized US media regions for the first time.

Families can now enjoy music and storytelling from the iHeartRadio Family app via Samsung Kids, an educational subscription-based service.

Signal Hill Insights President and founder Jeff Vidler has shared the company's latest findings in the upward-trending world of branded podcasts. The company's new data shows branded podcasts can boost brand affinity by an average of +8 points.

Sounds of Summer Pandora station will feature summertime songs that will take listeners on a sonic roadtrip across the United States. The various modes will feature music and personalities from various cities and regions playing the music and talking about summer time.