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Author: Laura Holt

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Audacy buys Boston-based podcast app Moonbeam

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Laura Holt

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 →

Acquisitions & Partnerships, News, Podcasting Audacy, Moonbeam
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Spotify shuts down its Car Thing hardware initiative

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Laura Holt

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 →

News
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ABC News names Josh Cohan as Director of Podcast Programming

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Laura Holt

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 →

News

Acast acquires Podchaser for $35M

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Laura Holt

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 →

Acquisitions & Partnerships, Podcasting Acast, Podchaser
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Podcasting execs Misener and Woost exit Rogers’s Pacific Content

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Laura Holt

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 →

Acquisitions & Partnerships, News, Podcasting
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Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast reports steady podcast CPMs

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Laura Holt

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 →

Advertising & Monetization AdvertiseCast, Libsyn

Online audio grows in new The Infinite Dial Canada study

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Laura Holt

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 →

Metrics & Research, News
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