Audio Ink

Rainmaker Pathway Consulting Works' Loyd Ford hosts a special edition of The Encouragers: The Radio Rally tonight at 8p ET, examining artificial intelligence workflows for local radio operations, addressing applications for sales and programming leadership.

Following its recent acquisition by Stingray, TuneIn has expanded its in-vehicle distribution through a new collaboration with Nissan, bringing the audio platform’s radio stations and podcasts to select Nissan and INFINITI vehicles in the United States.

vCreative and Radio.Cloud have completed a new system integration connecting production and playout for stations using both platforms. The connection allows produced audio created in vCreative to transfer directly into Radio.Cloud using AutoDub technology.

America's podcast landscape remained stable in Q4 2025, with familiar names leading listenership, though beneath the surface, notable shifts revealed changing tastes, award-season momentum, and the challenge of breaking into an increasingly static top tier.

Benztown has launched AirReady, a new AI-based feature for its audio production libraries that allows radio stations to replace voices in imaging pieces with their own station voiceover or approved brand voices as part of day-to-day production workflows.

Looking for snow day listening? Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats is the featured guest on the first 2026 episode of the RBR+TVBR InFOCUS video podcast, hosted by Radio + Television Business Report Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson, out now.

Skyview Networks has announced an expanded partnership with FanServ to support streamlined digital audio advertising for developers and advertisers. The collaboration aligns both companies in providing sales solutions across streaming and programmatic audio formats within Skyview’s network portfolio.

Triton Digital’s December 2025 US Podcast Ranker shows little movement at the top of the podcast marketplace, with listening once again concentrated among a small group of dominant sales networks and led by long-established shows.

Broadcast Software International has announced the launch of BSI Stratus Music Scheduling, a cloud-based music scheduling product designed to integrate with both BSI automation systems and most third-party automation platforms.

Spotify has begun notifying its US Premium subscribers of a forthcoming price increase, again raising its monthly plan rate by a dollar beginning with February billing cycles, a step that aligns with expectations set late last year.