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The $2.43 Billion Question: Podcast Advertising in 2024
An immersive data story exploring podcast advertising trends and the breaking point where ads drive audiences away.
Building a More Trusted Podcast Experience for Creators and Listeners — Spotify
Podcasting continues to evolve, and so does Spotify. As we build what comes next, one thing remains constant: This is a medium built on connection. It lives in the chemistry between co-hosts, in the relationship between creators and the fans who return week after week, and in the dialogue around ideas and culture. As creation...
Amazon takes on podcasting with Audible Channels, featuring original audio content
Audible, the Amazon-owned company that built its business selling audiobooks, is now officially moving into podcast-like shorts with a beta of Audible
Eight Lessons from the Distributed Podcast So Far
Looking back over the 2019 run of the Distributed podcast, one is struck by the wealth of insights our guests have shared in each and every episode. We’ve spoken to CEOs, activists, lawyers, author…
Delaney Gillilan on Why Modern Web Needs Less
AI has already ruined music
The Future of Podcasting
Podcasting is stuck between the open model of the past and the push for monetization in the future. Might there be a third way that actually benefits publishers?
Podcasting Could Use a Good Asteroid
I'm told there are now over 4.5 million podcasts in existence. The industry is worth 40 billion dollars, 158 million Americans tune in monthly, and the medium has finally achieved the kind of cultural ubiquity previously reserved for terrestrial radio or the evening news. But if you actually spend
How Spotify’s Discover Weekly cracked human curation at internet scale
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
The Music Discovery Problem – The Frugal Blog
I’ve been chatting with a good number of folks who are turning down streaming services lately for various reasons. I’ve blogged about this before, and if you’re looking for advice on how to make the switch, I and a lot of others have said things about it in the past.
Amazon Gets Into The AI Podcast Slop Business
Late last year we wrote about a new startup that was flooding the internet with AI-generated podcast slop. Featuring fake hosts having fake discussions, the startup proudly stated it was creating a…
Profiting from Hate Music
This report maps how the world's largest digital platforms and music streaming services host, amplify, monetize, and profit from a growing genre of Indian music that dehumanizes Muslims and Christians and incites violence against them.
How Streamplace Works: Syndication - How Streamplace Works
It's like everyone is their own little TV station!
How Streamplace Works: Syndication - How Streamplace Works
It's like everyone is their own little TV station!
Podcast Apps: A Framework for Dying Slowly with Dignity
Why I'm making the decisions I'm making for Castro
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Universal Music signs a new AI deal with Nvidia
