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Comprehensive coverage of the podcasting industry and its business ecosystem.

Axios report: Audacy shopping Cadence13 to potential buyers

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

According to a recent report from the news website Axios, the U.S.’s second-biggest AM/FM company, Audacy, has hired bankers to explore the sale of its Cadence13 podcast studio. The report says that Audacy has hired Evolution Media Capital, a boutique investment… Continue Reading →

M&A, Podcasting
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Bloomberg: “Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners, Raising Questions About Marketing Tactics”

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

According to a recent article published by Bloomberg News, “Broadcasters are always hunting for new, flashy places to promote their shows, ranging from billboards to floats in parades to airplane banners. Some networks, though, have uncovered a less-glamorous, yet highly… Continue Reading →

Advertising & Monetization, News, Podcasting

Podcasts now beating AM/FM/satellite talk among 18-34s (and maybe even among 18-54s)

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

According to Edison Research data presented by Cumulus Media exec Pierre Bouvard in his recent “Audioscape 2022” research presentation, among U.S. respondents in the 18-34 age group, of weekly time spent listening to talk/personality audio content, podcasts now receive 60%… Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Bouvard

Adnan Syed out of prison; “Serial” and “Undisclosed” release new episodes

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Eight years after the podcast “Serial” entranced listeners as podcasting’s first hit podcast, a Baltimore judge yesterday ordered the release of the show’s subject, Adnan Syed, who has been incarcerated for the past 23 years after being convicted of the… Continue Reading →

Podcasting

Acast to reduce headcount by 15%, focus on reaching positive EBITDA by 2024

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

The Sweden-based leading podcast platform Acast announced yesterday that it intends to lay off about 15% of its workforce, initiating deliberations during September, as part of a plan to shift towards the creation of profitable growth in line with the… Continue Reading →

Earnings Reports, Podcasting

Plans coming together for October 24th’s “Podcast Day 24” event

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Organized by Radiodays Europe and the team behind the Australian and British Podcast Awards, plans are shaping up for the second annual “Podcast Day 24” event — a hybrid live-in-person and virtual conference taking place in three major global cities… Continue Reading →

Events, Podcasting

Techsurvey 2022: Are public radio fans cooling on podcasting?

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

 Consulting and research firm Jacobs Media released the results of its “Public Radio Techsurvey 2022” last week at the Public Radio Program Directors (PRPD) Content Conference in New Orleans, with what commercial radio Techsurvey co-sponsor All Access called “a mostly… Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting, Public Radio

New York Public Radio’s classical WQXR hires podcasting chief

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Laura Holt
WQXR logo

One of the nation’s leading classical music stations, New York Public Radio’s WQXR, has hired Elizabeth Nonemaker as Executive Producer of its podcasting efforts, the station announced yesterday. According to WQXR Chief Content Officer and Senior VP Ed Yim, the… Continue Reading →

Hiring, Podcasting

Audacy’s Cadence13 hires TV veteran Patton Valentine

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Laura Holt

According to a report from Deadline yesterday, podcast studio Cadence13 has hired Patton Valentine, a veteran executive from the TV world, to help it pitch its podcasts as potential bases of film and TV projects. He joins Audacy-owned Cadence13 from… Continue Reading →

Hiring, Podcasting Cadence13, Valentine

Media Monitors names its “Top 200 [U.S.] Podcasts” for Q2 2022

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Laura Holt

New York-based ad monitoring service Media Monitors has released its Q2 report of “Top 200 [U.S.] Podcasts,” “Top Publishers,” and “Top 10 [Podcast] Categories,” with the top five podcasts being “The Joe Rogan Experience” (publisher: Joe Rogan), “Crime Junkie” (audiochuck),… Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting

RAIN Podcast Discovery Cavalcade #1

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Kurt Hanson

Here are five podcasts that you might find enjoyable, interesting, curious, and/or inspiring. If you host, publish, or listen to a podcast that you’d like to recommend for this new recurring feature in RAIN, drop a line to kurt@accuradio.com. (For… Continue Reading →

Podcasting, Reviews discovery, Rogan, Storytime

Megaphone co-founder Matt Turck joins AdLarge team

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Laura Holt

Broadcast and podcast ad sales company AdLarge Media announced today that Matt Turck, co-founder of Megaphone (acquired by Spotify in December of 2020) has joined their has leadership team as Head of Podcast Growth and Strategy According to the announcement:… Continue Reading →

Advertising & Monetization, Hiring, News, Podcasting AdLarge, Megaphone, Slate, Turck

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