Author: Brad Hill

Mark Cuban’s Fireside Chat audio platform partners with Libsyn for added distribution

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Fireside Chat, a social audio platform launched by co-founders Mark Cuban and Falon  Fatemi, which launched in the wake of Clubhouse’s success, announced at Podcast Movement this week a partnership with venerable podcast host Libsyn. The tie-up promises to give Fireside creators a one-touch podcasting solution for distribution in the open podcast ecosystem. The announcement was delivered at a Cuban/Fatemi keynote presentation at Podcast Movement this morning. Continue Reading →

Podcast Movement 2021: Nearly 400 speakers converged in Nashville as annual gathering proceeded in person and online

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Podcast Movement, the largest gathering of podcasting creatives and industry execs, returned to the physical realm in 2021 after an all-virtual installation of the series in 2020. This year’s gathering was at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. The organizers hedged their bet with a co-produced virtual event. We went to Nashville. Continue Reading →

Podcast call-ins become digitized and easier with two new products

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Featuring listener voices in a podcast adds personality and engagement, but isn’t very common. That might be because setting up a phone number, harvesting messages, recording them, and placing them in a show is an awkward and difficult production task. The problem seems to be entering a solution phase as at least two companies are launching products this week to simplify and digitize the interactivity. Continue Reading →

James Cridland’s International Radio Trends — Switzerland: To FM or not to FM?

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by James Cridland

James Cridland returns with a richly informative newsletter about radio around the world. In this edition: As one European country readies its abandonment of FM radio, a campaign to rescue it begins. BBC Sounds releases Q2 stats. And much more. Continue Reading →