Comprehensive coverage of the podcasting industry and its business ecosystem.
Podtrac shared its podcast publisher rankings for June 2018. The entries on the chart are the same as they were in May 2018, with only shifts in placement. Total global downloads for those publishers grew 1% from the previous month and rose 65% on-year from June 2017. Continue Reading
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded grants focused on increasing diversity in podcasts. New York Public Radio and PRX both received money for their events centered on diversity and education in the audio shows. Continue Reading
The Audio Council of the Australian Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB Australia) today released an update to its podcast audience measurement guidelines. The released document is mainly influenced by the guidelines issued by the U.S. IAB Podcast Technical Working Group. There are three main points. Continue Reading
Podcast platform Acast celebrated its fourth birthday with the milestone of 100 million monthly listens. The result is a doubling of Acast’s results year-on-year. Continue Reading
As podcast publishers, hosting companies, and advertising sellers circle around audience measurement standards, the IAB 2.0 Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines represents a hot topic. some podcast entities comply now with those guidelines, others have a compliance schedule. Podtrac, which offers… Continue Reading
Spotify hosted a training program focused on helping women of color to make their own podcasts. The Sound Up Bootcamp selected ten applicants out of 18,000 to participate in the training where they workshopped ideas for podcasts to share their own stories and perspectives. Continue Reading
The Washington Post has developed its own internal technology for putting ads into podcasts. Rhapsocord is a dynamic ad insertion tool that can automatically identify pre-roll, midroll, and post-roll spots in a show, then add the spot and update the file. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Updates from the radio and audio industry come from Germany, New Zealand, South Africa, and much more. Continue Reading
Radio consultant and podcast entrepreneur Mark Ramsey has announced his next program venture, a six-part “biopic without pictures” podcast series about Louis Armstrong called Pops. The show has started production, and will launch in 2019. Continue Reading
Motorsport league Formula 1 has announced plans to launch its first official podcast. The show, titled Beyond the Grid, is a weekly podcast produced in association with audioBoom and is presented by Bose. Continue Reading
Podcast listening is on the rise in Germany. A survey of more than 1,000 Germans by digital association Bitkom found that 22% of the nation is tuning in to podcasts, compared with 14% in 2016. Among ages 14-29 and ages 30-49, the rate of podcast listening is 30%. Continue Reading
AdvertiseCast announced an ad deal with the Taste of Taylor podcast. Host Taylor Strecker is also a radio personality and current presenter for TV Land’s Getting Younger. Under this arrangement, AdvertiseCast will be the exclusive ad sales partner for her podcast. Continue Reading