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BBC stations retained the top three national station spots in terms of weekly reach during the breakfast timeslot despite quarterly and yearly drops.

Former BBC radio favourite Ken Bruce’s new show on Greatest Hits Radio Network reached three million listeners, nearly double last year’s audience for the daypart, according to Bauer.

The pandemic is well and truly over when it comes to impacting the UK’s media habits, as both broadcast TV viewing and streaming subscriptions have reversed after the Covid lockdown boom of 2020 and 2021.

Commercial radio registered record weekly reach and share of listening for a second consecutive quarter, according to the latest Rajar radio audience data.

Smart speaker listening grew quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, now accounting for 14.4% of all listening, according to the latest Rajar audience data.

Global has retained the exclusive ad sales contract again to represent ITV’s podcast portfolio via its Digital Ad Exchange (DAX).

With their podcast media agency Telling Media Acast execs Georgie Holt and Christiana Brenton want to close the performance and education gap in podcast advertising in the UK and Europe.

Spotify beat or met most expectations in its recent quarterly earnings, but hinted at more efficiency and a lower headcount in its quarterly earnings call.

Analysis: This is potentially a big win for commercial radio’s incumbent players as the UK’s laws around commercial radio aim to keep up as listening has rapidly migrated online in recent years. 

Analysis: The publisher is seeking to aggressively expand into podcasting and short- and long-form video.