Veritone sent around a notice that Audacy (formerly Entercom) has extended its agreement to use Veritone’s artificial intelligence. The news focuses on Veritone Discovery, an AI-powered content search and analysis application. Click for details. Continue Reading
Montreal-based global media/entertainment company Stingray has chosen Triton Digital’s Omny Studio unit to create, publish, and promote Stingray podcasts. Stingray is a giant music, media, and technology firm with offices around the world. Continue Reading
Trade group AudioUK has announced the formation of a business affairs service for the media, entertainment and creative industries, especially the UK podcast and radio production markets. The new services are created in collaboration with Mint & Co. Continue Reading
Jottings of note:
— Reviews for Good (Podchaser)
— Branded Podcast How-to (FieldCast)
— Key Topic (Instreamatic)
iHeartPodcast Network Australia, which is operated by radio/audio network ARN, has renewed its commercial partnership with podcast company Audioboom, re-upping the arrangement for two years. At the same time, the two companies dominate the Australian Podcast Report. Continue Reading
by Steve Goldstein
In a follow up to last week’s column, Steve Goldstein collaborates with Podnews, and continues to bring an intelligent and realistic view of the global podcast catalog. Two-million podcasts, per recent headlines? A more sensible number is much lower. This Amplifi/Podnews research is a must read for potential creators, and for advertisers.
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Podcast publisher Audioboom is announcing an exclusive distribution and monetization deal for the True Crime Obsessed podcast. In a separate agreement Audioboom will fund the development of new shows in the Obsessed Network. Audioboom stock is … well, booming. Click through to see. Continue Reading
The Podcast Academy has released its choice to receive the first Governors Award to WTF with Marc Maron, an indie podcast which launched in 2009 as an outgrowth of Maron’s radio career. Click through for details. Continue Reading
Another month; another acquisition by hosting network Libsyn. An announcement comes in this morning that Libsyn has acquired Glow, a podcast monetization platform that enables podcasters to create and distribute premium subscription content on any listening platform. Continue Reading
Vox Media announced Sunday evening that it has acquired Cafe Studios, co-founded in 2017 by Preet Bharara. Cafe Studios explores how law and policy intersect with politics, news, business, history, and technology. The acquisition will be placed in Vox Media Podcast Network, a division of Vox Media Studios, a unit of Vox Media. Continue Reading
Podtrac released its monthly rankers for March: Top Podcasts, and Top Podcast Publishers. Each list has 20 spots, and they measure U.S.-derived statistics among Podcast measurement clients. There is never a great deal of movement in the monthly drumbeat of these high-profile rankers, and the March metrics are remarkably locked-in from the previous month. Click through for highlights and the lists. Continue Reading
by Steve Goldstein
In this guest column, Steve Goldstein debunks the headlines declaring 2-million existing podcasts. Should single-episode “one-and-done” efforts count? The Amplifi Podcast Pyramid really clarifies how we should interpret the global podcast catalog — and is a thing of beauty.
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