NPR Confirms Four Podcasts Cancelled In RIF
NPR confirmed the cancellation of four podcasts on Friday amid the company's largest layoffs since 2008: Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot, Rough Translation, and Everyone & Their Mom.
Stuff You Should Know Milestone
“Stuff You Should Know", hosted by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant, has surpassed three billion downloads. The iHeartPodcast covers a variety of topics from science, history, pop culture, conspiracy theories and more.
iHeart Top Publisher in January
With 814 shows the iHeartPodast network pulled in over 33 million unique listeners in January, according to Podtrac. Wondery was next, followed by NPR, The New York Times and NBC News. Here are Podtrac's top 20 for the month...
Libsyn Announces Partnership with YouTube
Today Libsyn announced a data integration partnership with YouTube for podcasters. Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast is now connected with YouTube to feed real-time, IAB-compliant data into its marketplace.
BetterHelp, Amazon Top Ad Buyers in December
A new report from Magellan AI shows wellness company BetterHelp and retailer Amazon were among the biggest ad buyers on podcasts in December 2022. Here are the top ten spenders.
iHeart Announces 2023 Nominees
iHeartMedia has announced the nominees in 29 categories for the 2023 iHeartPodcast Awards. The awards will video streamed Tuesday, March 14 at 9 p.m. ET on iHeartRadio’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page. Here are the nominees...
Is Cadence13 For Sale? A Respected Tech Reporter Says Yes
Respected media business reporter Sara Fischer of Axios is gaining attention of her own for a "scoop" posted Tuesday morning to the digital media news organization's website — Audacy Corp. has, according to Fischer, hired bankers to explore the sale of Cadence13, its podcasting arm.
A New Podcast About The Podcast Industry
A new podcast industry show called Podcasting By The Numbers hosted by Gary Spurgeon has launched. The show is a short form daily podcast that features tips, insights, facts and stats from the podcasting industry.
Curry: We Are Not Building a Platform
(Adam posted this after our Podcasting 2.0 story Tuesday. We wanted to give his comments equal and fair positioning.) I now understand the problem. Thank you for clarifying. Ed sees us as building a “platform.” Fundamentally not what we are doing.