PRX’s Podcast Garage venture started in 2016 with an installation in Harvard University. Now, PRX has opened a Podcast Garage production and education facility at KQED’s new San Francisco headquarters. Eric Dahn will manage the space. Programming starts this month; recording studios will be ready next year. Continue Reading
In a Livewire Labs release on Friday, 158 podcast hosting platforms are listed by number of new episodes posted in a single month. We wager most readers haven’t heard of #9 on this list. Click for details. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— Adaptation (AIMP)
— Punk Legacy (Double Elvis)
— Up the Ladder (Audacy)
Jottings of Note
— Quest (Curbed)
— Audio Spice (Frontiers in Psychology)
— Recovery Stats (Borrell Associates)
Cell provider AT&T is dropping Spotify from its service bundles. Competing streamer Pandora also bundles into AT&T plans, and that deal appears to be remaining intact. No reason appears evident for the decision. Continue Reading
APM announced two new appointments: Joanne Griffith as Chief Content Officer, and Thomas De Napoli as Chief Strategy Officer. Griffith returns after a previous stint at NPM; she will be head of podcasts. De Napoli was already in APM; this is a promotion for him. Continue Reading
In Podtrac’s Top Podcast Publishers monthly ranker for September, out this week, we learn that average audience was down month-over-month, and average downloads were up. We present the Podtrac ranker, and the RAIN Remix — which re-sorts the list by average number of plays, and listeners, per show for each publisher. Click through for details and charts. Continue Reading
Podcast measurement company Podtrac released its Top 20 Podcasts ranker for September, based on unique U.S. monthly audience. As in past months, there is little change in the roster or audience. Only one new show entered the list from the previous month. Click for graphic illustration. Continue Reading
In a multi-faceted, wide-ranging announcement, Spotify is expanding its audience network to Anchor podcasts, and plans other moves intended to benefit creators and advertisers. The overall thrust is to broaden the range of podcasts and advertisers, and facilitate how those groups do business on the platform. Spotify is also the first company to join a presitigious consortium focused on digital media safety. Continue Reading
Jottings of Note
— A treasure? (Australian Liberal Party)
— InnovAItion (Instreamatic & A Million Ads)
— Friendly with Podcasting (Conan O’Brien & Earwolf)
Global audio streaming service Deezer celebrated International Podcast Day with a metrics release revealing the rise in podcast listening and top shows. Click for details and an infographic. Continue Reading
For International Podcast Day, the Omny Studios blog posted a metrics roundup comparing year-over-year statistics from IPD 2020-2021. Omny is mainly an enterprise hosting platform which serves podcasts from an international array of major media brands and radio groups. Click through for several interesting results and graphics. Continue Reading