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Episodes
Joe Budden’s Patreon earnings
More than a million, every month this year.
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23/07/25•4m 42s
Tom Webster wins award
It's the second content-marketing award for the researcher.
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22/07/25•4m 20s
Spanish public broadcaster latest to threaten open RSS
RNE blocks some podcast apps, but not others, and no browsers.
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21/07/25•5m 13s
Podcast Movement scores winning set of keynotes
Goalhanger, Edison Research, and Lauren and Arielle.
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18/07/25•6m 32s
Massive size, and growth, of podcasting revealed
And a suggestion for a new metric for podcasting to express its growth over the next twenty years.
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17/07/25•4m 52s
mowPod Charts gets a major update
The free chart monitoring tool now does Spotify - and Podnews.
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16/07/25•3m 58s
Now, cameras get decent audio too
RØDE has launched a camera receiver for its Wireless Micro.
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15/07/25•3m 46s
New season of The Girlfriends from Novel and iHeart
The third season of the chart-t.
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14/07/25•5m 3s
Adam Curry returns to Podcast Movement
The Podfather is back in Dallas this year.
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11/07/25•4m 18s
Buzzsprout Magic Mastering adds more magic
The tool now, um, removes, you know, ums and ers.
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10/07/25•5m 33s
Funding feature brings new opportunities to podcasting
A Podcasting 2.0 feature that is being used by NPR.
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09/07/25•3m 56s
Spotify ensures podlink’s future
Your 1.7 million links to the service are safe.
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08/07/25•4m 35s
Crossed Wires podcast festival gets Python exclusive
Hear Michael Palin performing a deleted bit of The Life of Brian.
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07/07/25•5m 9s
A new improv kids comedy adventure
Where will The Skytanic go next?.
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04/07/25•3m 50s
Fewer podcast episodes published in June
And PodcastOne sees lower downloads, too.
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03/07/25•5m 34s
Comedy podcast festival expands to the US
And we look at WNYC's accounts.
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02/07/25•4m 52s
Advertisers love podcast ads more than ever
But they're just 'dipping their toes in', says research.
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01/07/25•3m 30s
French podcasters join demand for podcast recognition
The country follows the UK and Canada.
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30/06/25•5m 4s
Audacy to close Pineapple Street
Nearly thirty companies are to be laid off.
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27/06/25•5m 36s
Spotify’s free ad money for video creators
The money Spotify gives new video creators to push their consumption up.
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26/06/25•6m 26s
Podcasting bigger than radio; women listen more than men
German study tells us how quickly the industry is changing.
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25/06/25•5m 59s
Apple Podcasts adds new artwork requirements
A new format is required if you want them to promote your show in the app.
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24/06/25•5m 34s
A new CEO for Acast
It's Greg Glenday, after Ross Adams resigns.
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23/06/25•5m 44s
“Another 374,000 flights” - the cost of adding video
Adding video to an audio-only platform means over 50x more carbon emissions every hour.
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20/06/25•4m 30s
Podcasts now mainstream in US, UK… and Australia
A new Infinite Dial report for the country.
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19/06/25•6m 9s
People “don’t want to just listen”: YouTube’s Mohan
He was speaking at Cannes Lions.
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18/06/25•4m 47s
News podcast consumption examined
YouTube is #1 for news podcasts, apparently, in the US.
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17/06/25•5m 17s
Classy new San Diego sports doc
Starts as documentary - turns into sports talk show.
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16/06/25•5m 20s
Spotify loses Trevor Noah to SiriusXM
The show is moving to SiriusXM.
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13/06/25•4m 1s
Spotify supporting Podcasting 2.0 for transcripts
Open standards for the win.
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12/06/25•5m 8s
“Overblown”: YouTube is not dominating podcasting
It's time to tone down the discourse, says research firm.
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11/06/25•4m 18s
Apple’s announcements include more for podcasting
From better audio in the app, to more control on iPad.
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10/06/25•5m 52s
Promo codes: do they work?
They do - but the question is really: do advertisers know that?.
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09/06/25•4m 34s
True Crime Awards winners
It was Wondery's night, with three awards.
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06/06/25•4m 59s
Taking the show on the road
Driving 1,800 miles to spread the word about a podcast.
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05/06/25•5m 2s
A legal threat to a podcast app for using open RSS
From a lawyer who is confused as to who his client is.
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04/06/25•3m 48s
A new dawn: Kast Media out of bankruptcy
The company has launched a transparency policy.
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03/06/25•3m 42s
WTF? Marc Maron to end podcast
After sixteen years, he announces he's burnt out from the show.
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02/06/25•5m 8s
Spotify adds podcast discovery to the home screen
A set of new discovery tools, with an opaque algorithm.
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30/05/25•3m 21s
Acast’s Smart Recommendations launched for ad buyers
It's powered by AI - Acast Intelligence.
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29/05/25•3m 28s
Podcast ad recall: totally balanced
Not just a statistical oddity - but a genuine uniqueness in podcasting.
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28/05/25•3m 42s
Is better video podcasting coming to open RSS?
The Podcast Standards Project thinks so.
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27/05/25•3m 20s
New York Festivals 2025 winners announced
Broadcaster of the year was CBC/Radio-Canada.
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26/05/25•4m 34s
Apple Podcasts paints the town purple
Apple celebrates UK podcast creators.
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23/05/25•3m 22s
Podcasts go mainstream in the UK
New data from the Infinite Dial shows podcasting's growth.
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22/05/25•2m 47s
The Podcast Show 2025 kicks off in London
A record number of attendees are registered to attend.
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21/05/25•3m 42s
What are your Essential Listens?
What five podcasts deserve to be in a list of the most influential podcasts of all time?.
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20/05/25•4m 17s
The Ambies give awards to Steven Bartlett and Podnews
Two, new, international awards to be given out this week.
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19/05/25•3m 26s
YouTube adds podcast chart, new podcast homepage
The new podcasts homepage seems to have been editorially curated.
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16/05/25•4m 15s
Radio Academy ARIAS names Goalhanger Best Audio Brand
It was the inaugural 'brand of the year' award.
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15/05/25•2m 55s
Infinite Dial UK to be unveiled next week
Now we get to know how the UK compares to other countries.
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14/05/25•5m 14s
Podcasters win at the 29th Webby Awards
And iHeart's financial results show more increases for podcasting.
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13/05/25•3m 31s
Spotify’s play count concerns creators
But we know a little more, now, about what it is.
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12/05/25•6m 51s
Lemonada Media’s acquisition price
And there's more money in podcasting too.
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09/05/25•3m 40s
Bigger than you think: podcast revenue is $7.3bn worldwide
The US accounts for two-thirds of it.
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08/05/25•3m 48s
PodX Group acquires Lemonada; Spotify launch “plays”
We don't know what a play is.
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07/05/25•3m 49s
Playback data all in one place
A new tool from German platform Audiorella.
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06/05/25•3m 3s
The top 50 US podcasts for Q1/2025
There's a new entry to the top ten.
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05/05/25•3m 42s
Looking for an expert? Meet your PodHeroes
A new tool promises to connect creators with experts.
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02/05/25•5m 40s
New concept podcast earbuds
They have a built-in skip button.
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01/05/25•3m 44s
Spotify shows off 10% more users in Q1/25 financials
The company made more than $1.3bn profit..
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30/04/25•5m 57s
UK audio ad growth slows
Podcast advertising is growing less quickly in the UK, but what is a podcast....
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29/04/25•5m 16s
Tencent to pay a mountain of cash for Ximalaya
It's quite a sizeable deal.
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28/04/25•6m 10s
The Daily gets two new co-hosts
Natalie Kitroeff and Rachel Abrams will join Michael Barbaro.
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25/04/25•6m 11s
YouTube is 20
New stats about the biggest media host on the internet.
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24/04/25•2m 39s
Daily Mail launches premium true crime podcasts
The subscription is called The Crime Desk.
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23/04/25•4m 10s
Exclusive: Webby Awards podcast winners
Congratulations to all the winners!.
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22/04/25•3m 31s
Podcast ad revenue smashes through $2bn
Expansion of podcast networks is one reason.
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21/04/25•4m 51s
Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik: “you’re going to be thrilled”
The company is working on better ad measurement and third-party attribution.
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18/04/25•4m 33s
Podcast Show London announces new speakers
Speakers include Gary Lineker from Goalhanger.
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17/04/25•4m 43s
Women’s podcast listenership triples
52% are consuming podcasts each month.
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16/04/25•4m 23s
Spotify invests in international audiobooks
French and Dutch books are first.
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15/04/25•4m 11s
Goalhanger adds women’s football show
Another brand extension for the podcast network.
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14/04/25•6m 23s
Video on Spotify slammed; claims rebutted
Suggestions that the service will have a long-term negative impact.
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11/04/25•5m 12s
Merger creates UK “podcasting supergroup”
Three podcast production companies merge.
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10/04/25•4m 2s
Testing ad effectiveness before it runs
A new AI-powered tool that'll tell you how to improve your audio ad.
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09/04/25•4m 55s
The podcast from a crowded elevator
Don't recommend..
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08/04/25•2m 57s
Google’s podcast download spike
Hundreds of thousands of downloads that we don't think are listened-to.
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07/04/25•6m 27s
Video: more important than ever
Audio is still healthy and thriving, but video is more important than ever.
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04/04/25•5m 9s
Podnews Report Card results for 2025
YouTube's up - but criticised for being too complicated.
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03/04/25•3m 43s
The biggest app is…
Spotify? Or YouTube? Or someone else?.
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02/04/25•3m 55s
The Ambies: the winners for 2025
Hysterical won the Podcast of the Year.
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01/04/25•4m 40s
Hubbard Radio Launches Gamut Podcast Network
'A pivotal evolution for our company', says CEO.
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31/03/25•5m 23s
BBC rules out UK ads in podcasts
The original plan was called 'disastrous' by other UK podcasters.
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28/03/25•5m 27s
Spotify Partner Program expands into Europe
A further nine new countries to get the monetisation model.
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27/03/25•4m 22s
Japan: YouTube is #1 for podcasts
There's a new high, but it's still much less popular than the US.
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26/03/25•3m 43s
YouTube could let you swap ads in videos
Dynamic ads might be coming.
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25/03/25•3m 24s
Gen Z leans towards video
Only 10% of Gen Z podcast consumers never use video podcasts.
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24/03/25•5m 53s
Podcasts hit the mainstream
Over 50% of Americans are consuming them monthly.
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21/03/25•4m 3s
Fantasy Footballers to keynote at Evolutions
And, Evolutions unveils another star speaker.
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20/03/25•6m 6s
Law&Crime launches show exclusively with Wondery+
The show follows the case of Luigi Mangione.
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19/03/25•5m 8s
YouTube puts “podcasts” on the front page
The front page of its TV app.
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18/03/25•7m 18s
Podstock brings the numbers together
A quest for efficiency in the industry.
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17/03/25•6m 23s
Michelle Obama tapes new podcast at SXSW
SXSW had a renewed focus on podcasting this year..
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14/03/25•4m 52s
Video or audio podcasts? Gen Z choose audio
A significant number say they primarily listen to audio, not video.
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13/03/25•4m 48s
Pocket Casts on the web: now open to everyone
You don't need to pay to access the web app, and it syncs to mobile.
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12/03/25•4m 53s
AI to fix most annoying thing about podcasting
At least, something good from AI?.
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11/03/25•4m 45s
Emerging Women in Podcasting competition launches
The winner gets a pilot of their show made by JAR.
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10/03/25•5m 28s
Miss Me? does first sold-out live show
The show has announced a video podcast on YouTube.
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07/03/25•4m 57s
New comedy podcast network to launch
It's from Cineverse and comedy club brand The Stand.
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06/03/25•5m 52s
Spotify’s new video program “loses publishers money”
The program switches off dynamic audio ads.
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05/03/25•4m 50s
Goalhanger’s two-million listener live podcasts
Live shows on YouTube, reposted on podcast apps, might be a winner.
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04/03/25•4m 16s
Canada gets its own podcast magazine
Another place for Canadian podcast infomation.
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03/03/25•6m 57s
Data on news podcast listeners
Younger than viewers of the big cable news channels. Much younger..
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28/02/25•6m 20s
YouTube had “1 billion podcast listeners” in Jan
We compare with other platforms, and discover what a podcast is.
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27/02/25•7m 14s
Heavyweight to return, with Pushkin
Jonathan Goldstein and his team of producers have moved.
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26/02/25•4m 13s
Acast delivers $44.9mn to creators down under
The company recently signed two of Australia's biggest shows.
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25/02/25•3m 45s
Podimo hits a million paid podcast subscribers
And are profitable in three markets, they say.
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24/02/25•5m 38s
Apple Podcasts fixes its submissions process
It's after significant feedback last year from our Report Card.
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21/02/25•4m 20s
Podcasts have more ads than ever
But revenue is up, says Magellan AI.
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20/02/25•4m 41s
Data: Branded podcasts are liked by audiences
Signal Hill Insights releases new data.
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19/02/25•2m 52s
Episode 1,800 for Todd Cochrane’s Geek News Central
The show is one of the internet's earliest.
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18/02/25•3m 12s
Tig Notaro to host The Ambies
The nominees have also been announced.
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17/02/25•4m 36s
Spotify shares creator podcast earnings
Hundreds of podcast creators earnt more than $10,000 in January.
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14/02/25•4m 42s
Wondery closes in Mexico and Brazil
The company had just received more award nominations, too.
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13/02/25•5m 59s
Acast achieves profitability target
The company posts its first year in profit.
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12/02/25•6m 36s
Murdoch’s Fox buys into Red Seat Ventures
Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Piers Morgan back with Murdoch once more.
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11/02/25•4m 42s
Help the industry: fill in the report card
The big podcast platforms want to know how they're doing.
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10/02/25•4m 36s
Evolutions names first keynote speakers
The session explores audio investigative reporting.
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07/02/25•3m 44s
“Podcast Election” reflected in top shows
Many conservative talk shows have seen jumps in the charts.
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06/02/25•2m 26s
Spotify’s first full year of profitability
Revenue grew 16% year-on-year.
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05/02/25•4m 44s
One-in-five hours of ad-supported audio is to podcasts
Americans listen to audio for almost four hours every day.
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04/02/25•5m 20s
Adelicious signs one of the UK’s biggest shows
The show has had two live arena tours.
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03/02/25•6m 19s
PodcastOne adds ART19 hosting to its shopping cart
The company chooses Amazon's podcast host.
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31/01/25•5m 7s
UK Political Podcast Awards winners
The Rest Is Politics didn't win them all....
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30/01/25•4m 12s
More listeners than ever to podcasts in US
And YouTube is even more popular as a place to consume them.
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29/01/25•5m 23s
Spotify launch recognition for most-streamed shows
Two of the biggest are in the German language.
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28/01/25•5m 22s
The best podcast hosting company is…
Five make a list from TechRadar.
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27/01/25•6m 20s
How Apple Podcasts works with podcasts in China
The company can block specific episodes now, as well as whole shows.
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24/01/25•3m 56s
The US podcast manosphere
The male podcast hosts having an effect on US politics.
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23/01/25•2m 30s
Acast scores New Zealand’s biggest interview podcast
The partnership will include ad and sponsorship opportunities.
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22/01/25•5m 18s
Planning for PodCamp Toronto
Podcasters hard at work at the next event in the Canadian city.
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21/01/25•3m 3s
The 2025 Podcast Hall of Fame ceremony, in full
The whole ceremony is available to watch.
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20/01/25•3m 52s
Podcasters splashdown in Orlando for Podfest
The Podcast Hall of Fame induction ceremony is tonight.
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17/01/25•3m 13s
Promoting Google on podcasts
A nice example of promotional activity.
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16/01/25•3m 40s
Exclusive: On Air Fest reveals 2025 schedule
Among the third wave of featured talent announced today is Anderson Cooper, Jemele Hill and Anna Martin..
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15/01/25•4m 44s
Selling your podcast: what’s it like?
Mistakes and lessons along the way, from Tanner Campbell.
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14/01/25•3m 53s
Sonic Dash storytelling competition winners
Could you produce an original piece of storytelling audio with just 48 hours notice?.
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13/01/25•4m 34s
Pod Bible looks for a new owner
The magazine was monthly inside some issues of The Sunday Times.
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10/01/25•4m 36s
How much does a famous podcaster get paid?
We learn the details of a Barstool Sports show.
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09/01/25•5m 1s
Nominations announced for the iHeartPodcast Awards
You can vote now for the Podcast of the Year..
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08/01/25•3m 53s
Podcast listener finds man wanted by police
The man had disappeared in June.
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07/01/25•4m 11s
Spreaker more than doubles podcast numbers
The company doubles its share of new episodes in December.
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06/01/25•4m 34s
Spotify launches revenue-sharing Partner Program
How much will it pay - and could it mean the end of open RSS?.
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03/01/25•5m 40s
Listener retention to be important in 2025
Attention to retention should be your intention.
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02/01/25•3m 0s
The gender bias of video podcasts
Will a shift to video make things harder for women?.
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01/01/25•2m 46s
The winners of the Canadian Podcast Awards
We have all the winners in a big list.
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31/12/24•2m 3s
NPR funding under threat
But how much government funding does it get anyway?.
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30/12/24•3m 49s
Will 2025 be video’s year?
Hear predictions - it's not assured, not yet.
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27/12/24•4m 13s
How many ads in podcasts? Where do you live?
Some of us get a minute - some get 18 minutes.
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26/12/24•2m 42s
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