Publicly traded podcast giant Acast released a Q1 financial report, disclosing net sales growth and gross margin for the quarter. The fine print reveals key sales, costs, profit, EBITDA, and other metrics, comparing them across one and two years. We see positive movement year-over-year in sales, cost, profit, and EBITDA. Quarter-over-quarter comparisons are also revealing. Continue Reading
Global audio content development and investment company PodX (formally PodX Group) has announced its acquisition of pod studio Lemonada Media. CEO Patrick Svensk calls it “a landmark transaction.” Lemonada is a blazing podcast success story, with a roster that includes Julia Louis Dreyfuss, David Duchovny, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Continue Reading
Rude Celebration – iHeartPodcasts
Women, Indie, $30 – Women Who Podcast Awards
Slammed By Sound – Pandora Continue Reading
2.4 billion dollars — that’s the speculated price for Tencent Music to acquire Chinese podcast behemoth Ximalaya. Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) is likewise a giant Chinese audio platform. This news appears to be unconfirmed by principles as of this posting. Click for speculative details.
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Promotional video creator Headliner has released an ingenious new tool which hooks into YouTube’s “Most Replayed” feature. Continue Reading
Outgrowing the Word – Eric Nuzum
Read All About It – PocketCasts
Tops – (Maria (Micchelli) Tullin Continue Reading
— Starting (Sarah van Mosel)
— Leaving (Molly DeMellier) Continue Reading
— Upcoming Bigness (The Podcast Show)
— IP vs. AI (Bill Rosenblatt) Continue Reading
— Questionable Celebration (The new York Times)
— The Sprawl of Achievement (Webby Awards)
— “I listened, and it made me sad.” (James Cridland) Continue Reading
A new research report from Coleman Insights and Amplifi Media is titled From Explosion To Evolution: The State Of Video Podcasting. Findings were released and presented in a webinar hosted by Jay Nachlis (VP / Consultant, Coleman Insights) and Steve Goldstein (Founder / CEO, Amplifi Media). The 25-minute discussion was illustrated by 40 presentation slides. This is Part 1 of RAIN’s coverage.
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In the newly released IAB Internet AdvertisingRevenue Report 2024, we learn about record-setting revenue for the category as a whole, powerhouse growth for video advertising, and year-over-year growth (but slowing growth) for digital audio advertising. Click for details and graphs. Continue Reading
Podcast giant Acast has landed a sales representation agreement with The Athletic, a sports content powerhouse which operates a podcast stable of 35 shows. As a content brand across podcasts and other editorial facets, The Athletic serves over five million subscribers.
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