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The annual four-day Podcast Movement conference lifted off on Tuesday with an ambitious program of over 60 presentations, panel discussions, and interviews. Alongside those knowledge sessions, many featuring well-recognized podcast personalities, a vibrant exhibitor space held elaborate booths and mini-meeting spaces. Three keynote presentations opened the event in distinct ways. Continue Reading →

Podcast Movement Evolutions: Awards, announcements, and hard-core learnings in Vegas

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Brad Hill

Podcast Movement Evolutions, the business-oriented variation of the creator-focused Podcast Movement conferences, was held at the Westgate Conference Center in Las Vegas this week. A somewhat more intimate experience than Podcast Movement, Evolutions offered several knowledge tracks featuring keynotes, interviews, and panel discussions along with numerous networking opportunities during three and a half days. There were announcements, too. Continue Reading →

“Indies should not be discouraged” — Wondery CEO Jen Sargent

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Brad Hill

“Indies should not be discouraged” was the encouragement offered by Wondery CEO Jen Sargent to a hall full of podcasters at Podcast Movement Evolutions 2022 in Los Angeles Wednesday morning. Brought onstage by The Infinite Dial presenter Tom Webster, Sargent talked about podcasting’s growth, and how podcaster’s could view the future. Click for a bunch of quotes. Continue Reading →

Podcast Movement 2021: Nearly 400 speakers converged in Nashville as annual gathering proceeded in person and online

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Brad Hill

Podcast Movement, the largest gathering of podcasting creatives and industry execs, returned to the physical realm in 2021 after an all-virtual installation of the series in 2020. This year’s gathering was at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. The organizers hedged their bet with a co-produced virtual event. We went to Nashville. Continue Reading →

Aspiration meets inspiration at Podcast Movement … plus bleeps and feral hogs

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Brad Hill

Swarms of podcasters populated the Rosen Shingle Creek resort hotel in Orlando, FL this week for two full days of learnings, plus some spillover before and after. As RAIN has attended year after year, we observe the mood becoming more serious and determined as the podcast industry’s challenges become as widely apparent as its opportunities. Continue Reading →

Edison Research survey finds potential podcast listeners don’t know where to start

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Anna Washenko

If you weren’t able to attend Podcast Movement in Philadelphia, you can still catch up on a few of the top takeaways from the keynote by Edison Research SVP Tom Webster. The talk, titled The Next Frontier in Podcasting: 100 Million Listeners, explored the gap between the high rates of people who are familiar with the term podcasting and the lower rates of people who have actually listened to a show. Continue Reading →