Consumers across the United States played back 251.9 billion digital-audio streams last year, according to research firm Nielsen – an increase of more than 75% compared with 2015.
And Lizzie Widhelm, SVP/Ad Product Sales & Strategy at Pandora, the music-streaming service, neatly summarized the bullish feeling about the current health of the industry.
"I think we can all agree that audio is growing rapidly," she told delegates at the 2017 Strategy Festival, an event convened by the 4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies) in New York City.
Another indication that the sector has reached a critical mass involved the Interactive...