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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
Moments defining podcasting in 2024
Ten moments that got podcasting talked about.
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25/12/24•3m 0s
Sweet growth for Crowd Network
Revenue up by over 80%, again.
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24/12/24•3m 14s
The podcast making “well in the six figures”
And a membership plan of $450 a year.
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23/12/24•3m 9s
A look back at 2024
Clips from podcasts throughout the year.
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20/12/24•3m 41s
Global size of the podcast market
The size of the podcast market has increased, according to new estimates.
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19/12/24•4m 26s
TuneIn tunes out: layoffs and outdated data
The company isn't updating new shows, and has undergone cuts.
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18/12/24•3m 42s
Goalhanger launches ad campaign
Is it the best ad for a podcast ever?.
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17/12/24•5m 27s
The company charging $1,000 for linking to a podcast
Licensync is sending invoices demanding payment.
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16/12/24•5m 20s
The top new shows in 2024
...and the biggest shows in the world.
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13/12/24•4m 26s
Chartable switches off: what you have to do today
If you use it for analytics, you need to change things..
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12/12/24•6m 47s
Gretchen Rubin partners with Lemonada
The author's company will add its shows to Lemonada Media's slate.
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11/12/24•5m 42s
Apple Podcasts improved on Android
You can now install it so it works just like an app.
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10/12/24•5m 22s
2025 Podcast Hall of Fame inductees announced
And a yearly report from a fiction podcast.
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09/12/24•9m 31s
Acast acquires Wonder Media Network
The company will form a new division called Acast Creative Solutions.
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06/12/24•5m 16s
Spotify unveils “2024 Wrapped”
You've played music for your kids in the car too?.
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05/12/24•4m 26s
Apple’s show of 2024 is Hysterical
That's its name. Plus, Canadian listening increases.
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04/12/24•6m 34s
Acast open studios in London
And Podgagement starts checking 34,000 charts globally.
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03/12/24•4m 11s
Podcast Show London 2025 tickets now on sale
And free consulting for people who have lost their jobs.
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02/12/24•7m 27s
The Spotify exec who is ignoring video
And does adding full video make any difference? We discover it does..
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29/11/24•4m 44s
Things to be thankful for in podcasting
Be thankful to Justin Jackson, Gavin Newsome, Audacy and ElevenLabs.
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28/11/24•3m 1s
The Rest is Politics now #1 UK-made podcast
And it's JLD at Podfest.
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27/11/24•3m 7s
How people discover podcasts
The founder of Single Source Media acquires a controlling stake in LiveRead.
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26/11/24•3m 54s
Evergreen Podcasts acquires Rhapsody Voices
Podcast revenue grows nicely in Australia; and changes for streaming payments.
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25/11/24•8m 13s
Australian Podcast Awards - the winners
Spotify released new audiobook features, Tim Ferriss criticizes interview-style podcasts.
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22/11/24•5m 31s
Podscribe: longer ads are more cost-effective
YouTube leads podcast listening in US with 31% share over Spotify's 27%; Rogers Sports & Media cuts jobs..
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21/11/24•5m 23s
Apple Podcasts: most popular podcasts of 2024
Spotify playlists and podcasts are being exploited for piracy links, and Triton Digital updates Australian podcast rankings with new listener metrics..
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20/11/24•6m 9s
Amazon Music adds audiobooks in Spotify fight
Casefile (80M listens) moves to Acast, and 30% of new podcasts die within two months.
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19/11/24•4m 39s
YouTube execs to host Q&A
Spotify prioritizes video podcasts over HiFi audio, Apple removes Russian-language podcasts in Russia, and Triton Digital launches podcast demographics service in Netherlands..
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18/11/24•5m 1s
Trump and Harris’s podcast audience size
Acast reduces free hosting to five episodes, Spotify introduces video thumbnails, and Realm expands with Countdown Network addition..
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15/11/24•2m 15s
Now Playing: Spotify for Creators
Spotify posted its first profitable quarter with $32mn profit and 640 million monthly users.
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14/11/24•7m 15s
New Board of Governors for the Podcast Hall of Fame
Magellan AI expands podcast promo tracking, Wondercraft and Frequency enables AI-powered ad personalization, while researchers examine podcast audience inclusivity challenges..
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13/11/24•2m 29s
RØDE launches “Wireless Micro” microphones
Pocket Casts aligns with Apple and Spotify by changing Subscribe to Follow, while The Podcast Haven launches a unified search tool.
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12/11/24•4m 0s
Podpage adds a listener survey tool
Financial results from iHeart, Auddia, and the New York Times.
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11/11/24•6m 46s
Train company’s podcast promotion on the right track
Spotify makes it easier to share to TikTok.
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08/11/24•3m 49s
Podcast ads are “too difficult to buy”
And new FTC rules.
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07/11/24•3m 30s
Acast grows in the US
And podcasts on a plane.
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06/11/24•3m 38s
The most popular colour for successful business podcasts
And 20% of digital ads on Spotify are video ads.
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05/11/24•4m 27s
Podchaser now carries “political skew” data on podcasts
And the number of automatic NotebookLM podcasts grows.
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04/11/24•5m 11s
Daily Mail podcasts expand to the US
Podcast revenue is up for SiriusXM.
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01/11/24•5m 22s
Sennheiser launch three-in-one microphones
And a show gets Kickstarter funding to launch.
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31/10/24•2m 56s
Newspaper’s hit podcast not all it seems
And Acast's new Podcast Pulse report.
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30/10/24•4m 44s
New country rankers from Podtrac
And there are now more than 100 million podcast episodes.
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29/10/24•3m 40s
AI - new patents, and new Parkinson
And, the biggest podcast in YouTube.
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28/10/24•5m 2s
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