News
Community Broadcaster: All-Podcast Radio
Could community radio entertain a more all-podcast format?
News
Business
Storyk to Talk Podcast Studio Design at The Video Show
The famed studio architect will speak about his work creating podcast facilities for Stitcher and Spotify’s Gimlet Media at this year’s The Video Show in Washington, D.C.
News
‘National Lampoon Radio Hour’ Podcast Premieres Dec. 19
Amy Sedaris, Jordan Klepper guest star, Evan Shapiro exec produces.
News
Podcast Producer Renay Richardson Launches Joint Project with Sony Music Entertainment
Richardson has worked on many leading podcast platforms, including Acast, Audible and Panoply, as well as being an independent podcast creator.
Recording
At AES: Building a Better Podcasting Studio
By Anthony Savona. Podcasting has taken the world by storm; WSDG recounts how it created production facilities for both Gimlet Media and Stitcher.
News
Comcast Brands New NBCU Streaming Service ‘Peacock,’ Announces Launch Slate
Platform will debut in April with unspecified price point.
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Stitcher Equips Its New York City Podcast Studios with Allen & Heath
Stitcher creates original content ranging from roundtable discussions to comedy improv, scripted fiction, documentary and musical podcasts.
News
Mix Presents Sound for Film & TV 2019
All-day exhibition and conference returns to Sony Picture Studios on Sept. 28, 2019.
Post and Broadcast
Audioboom Opens New Podcasting Studios
Podcast creation company adds new production facilities in NYC.
Blogs
Software Tech: Will Podcasts Elevate the Small Studio?
By Craig Anderton. While podcasting started out with homegrown audio, listeners’ expectations are rising fast—creating a new opportunity for audio pros.
Blogs
Podcasting Goes Prime Time
By Clive Young. While podcasting has been around for 15 years, it’s only in the last few that the format has exploded.
Blogs
Inside Podcasting: Who Are Podcasters?
By Chris Curran. Podcasting has exploded to become a mainstream media format, but most of its practitioners are audio engineering novices—an irony that’s creating new opportunities for pro audio manufacturers and engineers alike.
News
Sony Music Entertainment Introduces Podcasting Venture
Leading the new podcast segment will be renowned podcast developers Adam Davidson and Laura Mayer.
Business
Spotify Expands Podcast Content
The streaming giant doubles down on its commitment to making inroads into podcasts.
Blogs
Seven Myths Broadcasters Believe About Podcasting
What’s keeping radio from monetizing on-demand audio?
Post and Broadcast
Spotify Boosts Podcast Business with Acquisitions
By Steve Harvey. Gimlet and Anchor get pocketed by Spotify as it bets big on podcasts.
News
Why BBC Radio Has Made Moves Into Streaming with BBC Sounds App
PSNEurope’s Kevin Hilton finds out more about the replacement of iPlayer radio with the BBC Sounds app and how they differ.
News
Pro Audio Education to Expand at NAMM 2019
By Steve Harvey. Held in Anaheim Jan. 24 to 27, the NAMM Show 2019 is scheduled to feature more than 250 pro audio sessions dedicated to every aspect of production.
Recording
Pro Audio Answers Podcasting’s Call
By Clive Young. Professional podcasting has become big business and its audience is only increasing—48 million Americans now listen to podcasts weekly. As a result, the need to provide a quality listening experience is growing, too, and the pro...
News
Companies to Watch in 2019
By Clive Young. We spoke with dozens of pro audio companies, manufacturers and organizations to find out their highlights of 2018, and just as importantly, explain why the industry should keep an eye out for them in the coming...
News
PMC2018 Explores Getting Paid, Artificial Intelligence
By Steve Harvey. PMC2018 addressed a broad swath of issues related to production music, focusing not only on business issues, such as best practices for securing placements and, equally importantly, getting paid, but also how to maximize composition and...
News
AIMS and AES Partner to Demo AoIP
Together they'll present the Audio-over-IP Technology Pavilion at AES this week.
News
Gibson Bankruptcy Plan Formally Approved
The guitar giant will be restructured, while longtime CEO Henry Juszkiewicz has been ousted.
Recording
Podcast: Talking with John Meyer of Meyer Sound
John Meyer delves into the development of the Bluehorn studio monitoring system.
Post and Broadcast
Podcaster Offers Success Via Focusrite
Podcast turns to Focusrite to get specific show sound.
AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio returns in 2019
— Call for Contributions; Program Organizers, Academies and Tracks Announced — — Building upon last year’s inaugural event, the four-day international symposium returns to Anaheim, CA to run concurrently with The 2019 NAMM Show — New York, NY —...
News
AES’s Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration Conference A Success
The conference drew pros and presenters from around the industry to discuss the creation and maintenance of audio archives, as well as explore the Library of Congress facilities and engineers.
News
Community Professional Loudspeakers Turns 50
Founded by Bruce Howze in 1968 to develop concert-worthy loudspeakers, Community evolved its market focus from tour sound to MI and now to install, though Howze’s technical leadership has been the one constant throughout.
News
SEC Charges GilmanSound Founder Defrauded Investors for $3.3 Million
By Katie Makal. Purported Oil “Sonication” Companies Sell Snake Oil Instead, SEC Alleges.
News
Welcome to 1979 Marks 10 Years with Direct-to-Disc Session
Ten artists will perform live at the studio on June 2 for 10-song vinyl compilation.
News
Autism Center Turns to Primacoustic for Noise Dampening
Vancouver’s Pacific Autism Family Network built a music therapy space that addresses all the sensory sensitivities, including sound.
Business
View from the Top: Doug Carnell, Guitar Center
“The goal is to utilize the best in creative minds to solve our customers’ problems and utilize our strengths in engineering and design.”
News
Avid Connect: “Getting Stronger Every Year”
At the fifth annual Avid Connect event in Las Vegas, new Avid CEO Jeff Rosica said, "I’m really eager to further tighten the bond between Avid and our global community. Together with the Avid team, we’ve accomplished a lot...
Gear and Technology
Need to Know: Blockchain: What It Means for Pro Audio
Blockchain as a concept has been making noise (perhaps a low rumble) across the music industry for a few years now, but hasn’t made significant inroads into the pro audio world—yet.
Gear and Technology
Need to Know: Blockchain
Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know stories appear on our websites and in our magazines. Keep...
Business
View from the Top: Jack Kelly, Group One Ltd.
By Clive Young. One could argue that Kelly’s exposure to pro audio distribution early in his career inspired his eventual path, but there’s more to it than that.
News
Memphis Studio Burglar Bites Employee’s Face, Say Police
By Clive Young. Attack reportedly the culmination of numerous days of harassment by the suspect, who is now in police custody.
News
Producer/Label Founder Matt Dike, Dead at 55
By Katie Makal. Matt Dike, co-founder of influential hip-hop music label Delicious Vinyl and producer, has died at the age of 55.