Comprehensive coverage of the podcasting industry and its business ecosystem.
Today marks the launch of Clipisode, a group video creation app which makes it easy to create crowdsourced group video podcasts. Though not marketed explicitly to radio or podcasters, Clipisode seems ideal for engaging listeners on a parallel platform, and was tested by radio DJs and podcasters. Continue Reading
Spotify has been making strides into the podcasting space, and its latest new creation comes in collaboration with Genius. The lyrics-focused company, previously named Rap Genius, is working with Spotify on a podcast called Déjà Vu. Continue Reading
Canadian broadcaster Corus Radio has promoted Chris “Dunner” Duncombe to the newly created position of Director, Streaming and Podcasting. Duncombe is Corus’ first head of podcasting. His previous position was as Corus Radio’s director of digital and he’s also been a program director for the company. Continue Reading
Podcast company Acast has shared its first pair of Acast Audio Intelligence Reports. The quarterly reports offer analyses of podcast listening in the United States and the United Kingdom, with Australia to be added at a later date. “This research is crucial to understanding where the industry is headed,” said Susie Warhurst, Acast’s UK director of content. Continue Reading
Dirty John is the latest podcast to make the leap to the small screen. The podcast began as a multimedia investigative project from the Los Angeles Times and Wondery. Now it has received a two-season order from Bravo as a scripted anthology series. Continue Reading
Jason Phipps is joining the BBC as the broadcaster’s first commissioning editor for podcasts. When he takes over this post in May, Phipps will be in charge of leading the BBC’s podcast strategy and overseeing its roster of new and existing shows. Continue Reading
AdsWizz announces today an integration with NextRegie, the advertising agency of NextRadioTV in France, to sell digital audio ad inventory programmatically. NextRadioTV owns and operates radio and TV stations. The thrust of this deal is to market podcast ads programmatically. Continue Reading
Podtrac released its top twenty podcast ranking for February 2018. The ranking is based on Podtrac’s measurement data for unique monthly audience. Placement for shows that do not use Podtrac’s service are determined by using publicly available data in a proprietary algorithm from the company. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Digging into the BBC’s digital switchover plans and lack thereof, plus much more in radio and audio news. Continue Reading
In a major addition to its growing portfolio of hosted clients, podcast tech company ART19 has announced that over 100 NBC-owned podcasts are moving to its platform. Specific networks include NBC Sports, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Oxygen and SYFY. Continue Reading
The latest Nielsen Podcast Insights report examines how podcast advertising impacts listener purchases and spending habits. First, it highlighted strong growth in the “avid podcast fan” audience, defined as households with the highest scores for their expressed interest in various podcast genres. Continue Reading
Podtrac has published its February 2018 ranking for podcast publishers. At the top of the chart, nothing has changed from the previous month. In the lower half of the ranking, order of the publishers has been rearranged and one new company made its debut. Continue Reading