Trade group AudioUK has announced the formation of a business affairs service for the media, entertainment and creative industries, especially the UK podcast and radio production markets. The new services are created in collaboration with Mint & Co. Continue Reading
Jottings of note:
— Reviews for Good (Podchaser)
— Branded Podcast How-to (FieldCast)
— Key Topic (Instreamatic)
iHeartPodcast Network Australia, which is operated by radio/audio network ARN, has renewed its commercial partnership with podcast company Audioboom, re-upping the arrangement for two years. At the same time, the two companies dominate the Australian Podcast Report. Continue Reading
Podcast publisher Audioboom is announcing an exclusive distribution and monetization deal for the True Crime Obsessed podcast. In a separate agreement Audioboom will fund the development of new shows in the Obsessed Network. Audioboom stock is … well, booming. Click through to see. Continue Reading
The Podcast Academy has released its choice to receive the first Governors Award to WTF with Marc Maron, an indie podcast which launched in 2009 as an outgrowth of Maron’s radio career. Click through for details. Continue Reading
Another month; another acquisition by hosting network Libsyn. An announcement comes in this morning that Libsyn has acquired Glow, a podcast monetization platform that enables podcasters to create and distribute premium subscription content on any listening platform. Continue Reading
Vox Media announced Sunday evening that it has acquired Cafe Studios, co-founded in 2017 by Preet Bharara. Cafe Studios explores how law and policy intersect with politics, news, business, history, and technology. The acquisition will be placed in Vox Media Podcast Network, a division of Vox Media Studios, a unit of Vox Media. Continue Reading
Podtrac released its monthly rankers for March: Top Podcasts, and Top Podcast Publishers. Each list has 20 spots, and they measure U.S.-derived statistics among Podcast measurement clients. There is never a great deal of movement in the monthly drumbeat of these high-profile rankers, and the March metrics are remarkably locked-in from the previous month. Click through for highlights and the lists. Continue Reading
As we reported in detail last week, Entercom rebranded all its corporate entities as Audacy. This morning featured a splashy celebration of the changed stock ticker symbol, as the opening bell of the NYSE was brand-decorated with the orange Audacy logo. Click through for a screenshot and link to video. Continue Reading
Unionization of Gimlet Media and The Ringer has been completed via agreements with parent company Spotify. Gimlet has 48 union members; The Ringer has 65. Click through for comprehesive lists of job titles and minimum salaries for each job role. Continue Reading
Audioboom has partnered with London-based MAPP Media to provide dynamic ad insertion commercials across Audioboom’s 8,000 podcasts. Audioboom serves 25-million unique monthly listeners who download 85-million episodes. The company is bringing MAPP into an existing premium sales enterprise which places bespoke host-read sponsor messages into podcasts. Click through for details. Continue Reading
Digital audio advertising revenue grew 13% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the IAB’s newly issued Internet Advertising Revenue Report, conducted by PwC. Click through for a breakdown of desktop vs. mobile. Continue Reading