Comprehensive coverage of the podcasting industry and its business ecosystem.
Coronovirus is a rare example of a global #1 news topic. How is podcasting responding to the appetite for information? A breakout by time period, region, and category. Continue Reading
The iHeartPodcast Network Australia has entered a partnership with Neroli Meadows, a sports journalist, sports commentator, and television presenter. This deal will see the creation of a podcast called Ordineroli Speaking, which will share stories about resilience in sport. Continue Reading
Podcast sales, consulting, and content development company TPX has reached agreement with Apostrophe Podcast Company for exclusive marketing and sales. Apostrophe is Terry mostly-family business which currently sports a four-show portfolio. Continue Reading
Podtrac has released its ranking of the top podcast publishers for February 2020. All fifteen publishers saw growth in their U.S. unique monthly audience from the previous month, with an average increase of 9%. Also, the RAIN Remix, to gain insight about how the audience, and streams/downloads, are distributed across number of shows. Continue Reading
iHeartMedia has entered a partnership with the Seneca Women Podcast Network. This multi-year deal will see the parties co-produce and distribute shows centered on women in business, leadership, current events, health, and more. Continue Reading
Montreal-based media and technology company Stingray is entering the Canadian podcast market with a 30% acquisition of The Podcast Exchange (TPX), Canada’s leading podcast ad sales and production house. The announcements hints that Stingray might develop a portfolio of wholly owned-and-operated podcasts. Continue Reading
Crooked Media announced its new show lineup for spring and summer of 2020. The politics-focused network is putting out four new podcasts in the coming months. Continue Reading
Tom Webster, senior vice president at Edison Research, presented data yesterday at the RAIN Podcast Business Summit. The slides covered results from several Edison research projects: Share of Ear, Podcast Consumer, and The Infinite Dial, reflecting the latest snapshots of podcast listening in the U.S. Continue Reading
Chartable has introduced a new function for its analytics suite called incremental lift. This tool for podcast advertisers can measure the impact of how an advertisement performs against a control group customized to the campaign. Continue Reading
Podcast Radio, the UK-based all-podcast radio station, has entered a new content partnership with Radio New Zealand. Under the terms of their agreement, Podcast Radio will be able to broadcast sample episodes of seven podcasts from RNZ. Continue Reading
Podcasting app Pocket Casts got a new investor today. It now counts BBC Studios as a fundraising partner. Pocket Casts was acquired by public media quartet of NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life in May 2018. Continue Reading
We knew that the New York Times was interested in buying Serial Productions, the podcast house which makes Serial, the most successful true crime podcast franchise of the last six years. We reported such in January. Now we learn from the Times itself that it is exclusively discussing the acquisition with Serial, according to Ben Smith, the new Media Columnist. There might be a discount. Continue Reading