Dominick Milano: Podcasting 101
by Dominick Milano
Guest columnist Dominick Milano charts a brief history of personalized media, and podcasting. What about the two M’s: Measurement and Monetization? Click through to read on. Continue Reading
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Whooshkaa podcasting platform getting Facebook audio
Australia-based Whooshkaa announced that it will be using new audio sharing technology from Facebook, so its shows can be played directly from the social network’s main feed. “After months working with Facebook, we’re delighted to be the world’s first podcasting platform to take advantage of this new audio sharing technology, joining the likes of Spotify and the United States’ National Public Radio,” founder Rob Loewenthal said. Continue Reading
Announcements, crowds, and startup energy at Podcast Movement
This week the U.S. podcast industry descended on Chicago with a collective enthusiasm and entrepreneurial energy, for the second annual Podcast Movement (PM) conference. The event is attended by over 1,500 participants, features 80 stage sessions in eight parallel tracks, and features an exhibit floor where established brands nestled with newcomers angling into the podcast sphere with fresh ideas. Continue Reading
Blubrry and StreamGuys partner for podcast streaming
Podcast company Blubrry and technology firm StreamGuys are today announcing a partnership which turns Blubrry podcasts into internet radio streams. The option, which is offered to all Blubrry-hosted podcasters, is called Podcast2Radio. If that name sounds familiar, there’s a reason for it. Continue Reading
The Download on Podcasts: From cancellation to podcast
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Many old guard radio shows are leaving the public airwaves these days. One, Michael Feldman’s Whad’ya Know variety-quiz show, was abruptly cancelled by Wisconsin Public Radio, Feldman is making the leap to podcasting, hoping to continue a 31-year-old brand and migrate its audience. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Wireless headphones; streaming needs age; and live podcast shows
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Apple’s lack of jack not the end of headphones; streaming needs older listeners; live podcast tapings create community. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Norm Pattiz, Apple Music, algorithms sans context and radio’s creative disruption
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Norm Pattiz preaches podcasting in Cannes; Content is key in Apple Music strategy; “I hate the person my music algorithm thinks I am;” public radio leader lays out radio’s creative disruption. Continue Reading
Midroll Media to host October podcast “festival”
Midroll Media has announced a new podcast festival dubbed Now Hear This. The event is slated for Oct. 28-30, 2016, in Anaheim, CA, and is described by Midroll’s announcement as “a fan-focused weekend of live performances.” Mark Maron and other podcast stars will appear as headliners. Continue Reading
Pew’s State of News Media offers industry snapshots
Pew Research Center has released its State of the News Media report, a compilation of the extensive research into topics such as podcasting, audio, and public broadcasting. It offers a consolidated look at where the news media is headed. The fact sheets for podcasting and audio leaned heavily on data from Edison Research and Nielsen. Continue Reading
AudioBoom courts Australian advertisers with Big Mobile tie-up
Podcast platform audioBoom has signed a partnership with Australian mobile advertising company Big Mobile, to exclusively market audioBoom’s spoken-word inventory to advertisers in Big Mobile’s market across Australia. The announcement comes with a couple of interesting metrics. Continue Reading
The Download on Podcasts: Influencers, hall-of-famers, and ratings winners
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When do we know that a media category has attained maturity? Many answers to that, the most viable probably being a thriving and sustainable financial ecosystem. But a more fun answer is when various groups give out awards designed to celebrate excellence and separate cream from crop. Continue Reading
The Download on Podcasts: Radiotopia contest finalists make traditional podcast categories obsolete
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Ten semifinalists were named in Radiotopia’s “Podquest” contest. These 10 producers are developing shows whose descriptions illustrate a high level of podcast creativity, and their topical descriptions cut an oblique angle through the traditional podcast categories presented by Apple. One winner will emerge. How will the other nine fare when Apple’s old-fashioned categories have so much clout?
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