Journalism is broken, Shirish Kulkarni tells us - and here’s how you fix it. 

'Talent is the last sustainable competitive advantage' over other radio stations claims international audio consultant Francis Currie.

Using AI and data are key to making content which is valuable, easy to find and personalised for the user. 

Martin Liss, from the Radiodays Programme Committee, led this interactive session, focussing on success stories from three great local radio stations. 

The growth of audiences in audio format has intensified in recent years. The growth of the podcast market and the digitization of audio have increased the number of listeners to the format. The Speakers Sibyle Veil, Cathinka Rondan, Linda Palmgren, in a session moderated by Matt Deegan, commented on the challenges that audience growth has brought to the market and what opportunities exist within the audio world.

'I've been in radio for thirty years and what I've seen recently is a lot of fear' says Paul Cranwell (AdTonos' Vice President of Strategic Partnerships). Radio professionals needn't be nervous of the digital age; there's a lot of new opportunities that radio stations can use make money including programatic advertising and interactivity. 

The hall was full for Caroline Beasley, the CEO of the Beasley Broadcast Group in America. She chatted with ease, in conversation with Dave "Chachi" Denes, the President at Benztown, about the current state of the broadcast industry, the potential areas for industry growth and what the future of the Beasley Broadcast Group looked like.

Simple changes can have big impacts - plus developing an audience on the app can open up unique opportunities to interact with your listener.

The radio industry has changed a lot in the past few years and some practitioners have done an effective job leading the market. This session, run by Gregory Cosman, the MD at Shoutcast, and Eric van der Haegen, the Strategic Partner Development Director at Targetspot, focussed on success stories: How are people growing their audiences and revenues quickly using new technologies?

Angi Taylor (Morning Show Host on ROCK 95-5) and Angie Greaves (Host on Smooth Radio) work 4,000 miles apart – one's from the US and one's from the UK – and each host two very different styles of radio programme. What unites them?

Radio professions from around the continent gathered at MalmöMässan, Sweden on Monday for RadioDays Europe. It's the first time the conference has returned to Scandinavia in its 12 year history.

This was the fourth session in the Podcast Summit, with four speakers
answering some of the biggest questions in the podcast industry.
 

Discovery, content production and listening habits...

NPR’s Matt Adams and SPIN 1038’s Nick Kakazis speak about how you can engage your youth audience using social media.

Caroline Pouron (Head of Digital Content - P3), Simon Gooch (Head of P3), Stina Englund (Audience and Industry Research - P3) discussed how they managed to turn the fortunes of Sweden’s P3 around.

Youth Summit: Martin Holmen, Amel Suljevic, Petter Hallén and Sabrina Vitting Seerup shared their experiences with how they strengthened their relationship with their younger listeners.

This was the second session at the podcasting summit, hosted by James

Cridland, the Editor at Podnews.

James Cridland, the Editor at Podnews, the podcast news website and

newsletter, chaired this session with three fantastic speakers.