Boston-based serial entrepreneur Paul English has sold his latest venture, podcast discovery app Moonbeam, to Audacy, with plans to plow the proceeds into his newly launched startup incubator, the Boston Globe reported this week. According to the paper, “English declined to… Continue Reading
News emerged yesterday that Spotify has discontinued production of its Car Thing product — the company’s first hardware device, launched only five months ago and marketed as a way to achieve more convenient listening to Spotify in automobiles. Spotify is… Continue Reading
Disney-owned ABC News announced yesterday that it has promoted its Manager of Digital Audio, Josh Cohan, to Director of Podcast Programming for ABC News. In this role, he will help develop and execute the content strategy for the division’s podcast… Continue Reading
From today’s press release: Acast, the world’s largest independent podcast company, has signed an agreement to acquire Podchaser, the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative podcast database. The planned acquisition brings together two champions of the open podcast ecosystem, strengthening and… Continue Reading
Two more executives at Rogers-owned Pacific Content, which produces branded podcasts for a portfolio of North American brands — Director of Audience Development Dan Misener and Head of Strategy Jonas Woost — announced their departure last week. They follow the… Continue Reading
Despite economic uncertainty, podcast CPMs held steady in June 2022 among Advertisecast’s portfolio of about 3,000 measured podcast clients, according to a recently-released company report. Dave Hanley, Chief Revenue Officer at Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast noted, “The average CPM for an ad… Continue Reading
Podcast listening among Canadians hits a new high for weekly and monthly habits, according to The Infinite Dial 2022 Canada from Edison Research and Triton Digital, 43% percent of Canadians 18+ listen to podcasts monthly, up from 38% in 2021, which RAIN calculates is… Continue Reading