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Ashley Carman

@ashleycarman
7 posts
2024-11-20
Audible faced competition from Spotify when the service began giving subscribers 15 hours-worth of audiobook listening per month.  Could Amazon Music cannibalize subs?
2024-11-20 View on X
TechCrunch

Amazon says Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers in the US, the UK, and Canada can now listen to one audiobook per month from Audible for free, to counter Spotify

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will let Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers access one audiobook per month from Audible's catalog for free.

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New: Spotify is turning into YouTube and Amazon is turning into Spotify
2024-11-20 View on X
TechCrunch

Amazon says Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers in the US, the UK, and Canada can now listen to one audiobook per month from Audible for free, to counter Spotify

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will let Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers access one audiobook per month from Audible's catalog for free.

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2024-03-02
eek, watch out audible.  spotify just announced an audiobooks subscription tier for $9.99/month that gives access to 15 hours of audiobook listening + ad-supported music and podcasts.  audible's cheapest plan costs $7.95 but only includes certain audiobook titles. …
2024-03-02 View on X
TechCrunch

Spotify launches the Audiobooks Access Tier, which lets free US users stream 15 hours of audiobooks from its 200K+ catalog every month for $9.99 per month

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :

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2024-01-19
AI-generated product placements are coming to podcasts.  A new company, partially funded by UTA and L'Oreal, is placing virtual products in video podcasts, mostly undetected.  As the podcast industry has struggled over the past year because of shrinking ad dollars, the pivot to video is starting to pay off. …
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Bloomberg

Some video podcasts are using AI-generated product placements from a company called Rembrand to supplement their typical host-read ads

A startup backed by United Talent Agency and L'Oreal is aiming to give podcasters a new line of revenue  —  Hello and welcome back to Soundbite. Threads: @ashleycarman and @ashleyc...

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Rembrand, the company behind these placements, worked with 50 creators last quarter and pays between $10-$30 per thousand impressions while the average 60-second podcast ad offers a $25 CPM.  So revenue can be significantly lower, or a bit higher, but the podcasters don't have to do anything on their end for the product to show up — just send the completed video to Rembrand. …
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Bloomberg

Some video podcasts are using AI-generated product placements from a company called Rembrand to supplement their typical host-read ads

A startup backed by United Talent Agency and L'Oreal is aiming to give podcasters a new line of revenue  —  Hello and welcome back to Soundbite. Threads: @ashleycarman and @ashleyc...

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2024-01-08
“The way fans discovered new music was radio back in the day, then Spotify editorial playlists, then there were a few years where people only discovered new music through TikTok,” one exec told me.  “All those things still work ... we're all just trying different ways to make sure songs get to the right people.” …
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Bloomberg

Music industry insiders reflect on the waning influence of popular, human-curated Spotify playlists, as the company shifts towards AI-driven personalization

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg : Threads: @__philipclark , @seaninsound , @ashleycarman , @ashleycarman , and @lazyboyloops Threads: @__philipclark : 5.5 years ago YouTube Music hired ...

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NEW: Seven years ago, music industry execs credited Spotify's RapCaviar playlist for breaking Cardi B's single Bodak Yellow.  Now, execs say the once-hit-breaking curated playlists are losing their might.  They've seen streams from RapCaviar drop anywhere from 30% to 50% this past year. …
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Bloomberg

Music industry insiders reflect on the waning influence of popular, human-curated Spotify playlists, as the company shifts towards AI-driven personalization

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg : Threads: @__philipclark , @seaninsound , @ashleycarman , @ashleycarman , and @lazyboyloops Threads: @__philipclark : 5.5 years ago YouTube Music hired ...

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