Comprehensive coverage of the podcasting industry and its business ecosystem.
TV personality and book author Chelsea Handler announced that she is hosting a new podcast, Life Will Be the Death of Me, on the iHeartPodcast Network. Simultaneously, iHeart announces sleepwalkers, about the effect of artificial intelligence on all aspects of life. Continue Reading
The Australia-specific version of The Infinite Dial, the industry’s benchmark consumer survey of listening, is set for release in a webinar Wednesday evening, May 8. A conference in Australia got a first look. A few key statistics shared here. Also the webinar registration link. Continue Reading
Stockholm-based podcast company Acast has announced the release of Access, an innovative technology which allows any Acast podcaster to establish premium-style content, establish a subscription price for it, and fulfill the entire strategy within the listener’s preferred podcast listening app. The concept ties together two previously incompatible features of podcasting. Continue Reading
Content and Marketing Director at podcast company Whooshkaa Corey Layton has accepted a position at Australia radio group ARN, where he will assume the role of Commercial Products and Audio Partnerships Director. It is a newly created position. Continue Reading
Steve Pratt of Pacific Content examines assumptions and realities of blog publishing frequency. Is daily the best setup for success? Is weekly optimal? Not necessarily in either case. Continue Reading
During Entercom’s earnings call this with investors, President and CEO David Field reported on financials and answered questions. Radio.com, the company’s main digital app, and Cadence13, the podcast company partially owned by Entercom, were two focal points. Continue Reading
Spotify’s recent quarterly investor call was entirely a Q&A affair. Accordingly, the call provided a rich record of responses from CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Barry McCarthy about podcasting. Continue Reading
Host-read sponsor endorsements are common in podcasting, which owes its success in large part to leveraging the relationship between hosts and listeners. In this guest column, Steve Goldstein takes a fascinating trip through the history of live reads, including pioneer Paul Harvey who created the original playbook. Continue Reading
The drumbeat of Luminary exits reportedly continued over the weekend. Nick Quah, Hot Pod creator and author, cites unnamed sources reporting that podcast app and sales company Stitcher and PRX have joined the exodus. Podnews reports that iHeartRadio is also out. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s International Radio Trends is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Global closes its acquisition of three outdoor advertising companies. Pirate DAB has arrived. Much more. Continue Reading
Australian podcast company Whooshkaa starts the week with a new tech development that enables its hosted podcasts to become Alexa skills. That means that the podcast can be played through an Alexa device by invoking the show name rather than accessing TuneIn, which is Alexa’s standard podcast platform. Continue Reading
Venture investors Justine and Olivia Moore analyze how venture funding and exit money are balanced between tech companies and content companies in podcasting. Tech gets most of the startup funding money, while content gets most of the exit (acquisition) money. Graphics spell it out. Continue Reading