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
Podcast analytics and attribution company Chartable has plunged into the expanding pool of lists, announcing today the Chartable Top 200. The company is headlining the new product as “The podcast industry’s first global, weekly rankings.” We get details from CEO Dave Zohrob. Continue Reading
Spotify introduced a new platform aimed at promoting up-and-coming artists. The RADAR program will feature 36 performers from around the world. The artists will be featured in an On Our RADAR playlist. 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
Amazon Music has hired Kirdis Postelle for the new role of global head of artist marketing. She was most recently EVP/general manager at Hitco Entertainment, and has also worked at Warner Bros Records and Capital Music Group. 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
Lydia Polgreen who has been Editor in Chief of HuffPost since 2017, is moving to Gimlet Media as head of content, the Daily Beast and other sources report. It’s an interesting choice, and an interesting move for someone with sterling career in traditional journalism. 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
Spotify has hired Kevin Weatherly as its head of North American programming. Weatherly was previously a senior vice president of programming at Entercom. Continue Reading
Audible is running a new promotional campaign in Australia/New Zealand aimed at encouraging more people to pick up audiobooks. The campaign has tapped some popular local celebrities to tout audiobooks as a way to keep up with their ‘to-read’ lists even when they lead busy lives. Continue Reading