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The pace of change the podcast industry is undergoing is staggering. The implications for podcasters, hosting providers, podcast listening app developers, and advertisers and agencies are enormous. And so is the growth potential. Presented as a companion to the weekly newsletter of the same name, our podcast provides you with direct access to our narrated articles, interviews with industry experts, bleeding-edge research, and can't miss industry news recaps. That Sounds Profitable, right? Assumptions and conventional wisdom will be challenged. Easy answers with no proof of efficacy will be exposed. Because the thinking that got podcast advertising close to a billion dollars annually will need to be drastically overhauled to bring in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars podcast advertising deserves.

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The pace of change the podcast industry is undergoing is staggering. The implications for podcasters, hosting providers, podcast listening app developers, and advertisers and agencies are enormous. And so is the growth potential. Presented as a companion to the weekly newsletter of the same name, our podcast provides you with direct access to our narrated articles, interviews with industry experts, bleeding-edge research, and can't miss industry news recaps. That Sounds Profitable, right? Assumptions and conventional wisdom will be challenged. Easy answers with no proof of efficacy will be exposed. Because the thinking that got podcast advertising close to a billion dollars annually will need to be drastically overhauled to bring in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars podcast advertising deserves.

    Spotify Has Left the IAB, Podcast Adspend Grows in UK, & More

    Spotify Has Left the IAB, Podcast Adspend Grows in UK, & More

    Here's what you need to know from this week in the business of podcasting: Spotify has left the IAB, That Was Us ups the cadence on rewatch podcasts, IAB UK shares data on podcast growth, a new listener habit report from Japan, and GroupM reclassifies a good portion of YouTube as CTV. 

    Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up (along with today's Data Snapshot) right here on Sounds Profitable. 

    • 9 min
    Podcasts Rival TikTok in Japan, Acast's Annual Report, & More

    Podcasts Rival TikTok in Japan, Acast's Annual Report, & More

    Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Otonal has published a new survey of podcast usage in Japan, Acast has a new annual report, YouTube's CPO talks video podcasting, and the MRC releases an invalid traffic guideline update. 

    Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up (along with today's Data Snapshot) right here on Sounds Profitable. 

    • 3 min
    UK Podcast Adspend Growth, Avoiding Marketing Fatigue, & More

    UK Podcast Adspend Growth, Avoiding Marketing Fatigue, & More

    Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: IAB UK's new ad spend report shows podcast spend increased 23% y-o-y, Signal Hill Insights debuts new benchmark study for branded podcasts, eMarketer shares five key stats on marketing fatigue, and Campaign covers podcasting's global growth. 

    Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up (along with today's Data Snapshot) right here on Sounds Profitable. 

    • 4 min
    That Was Us: Dialing in the Rewatch

    That Was Us: Dialing in the Rewatch

    What does capturing the existing fanbase of a recently-ended program look like in podcasting? We speak with actors Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, and Chris Sullivan, who are launching as an episode-by-episode rewatch podcast of This Is Us, rapidly upping the normal rewatch podcast cadence of nearly a decade. 

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    Sounds Profitable: Narrated Articles is a production of Sounds Profitable. For more information, visit soundsprofitable.com.

    • 10 min
    Spotify's Q1 Earnings, Podcasters to Cover UK Election, & More

    Spotify's Q1 Earnings, Podcasters to Cover UK Election, & More

    Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: marketers underestimate creative's impact on sales effect, podcasters chosen for UK general election coverage, CoHost publishes new report on podcast agencies, Spotify has published their Q1 earnings, and the winners of this year's Webbys are now live. 

    Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up here at Sounds Profitable.com

    • 4 min
    Spotify Leaves IAB, GroupM Reclassifies YouTube, & More

    Spotify Leaves IAB, GroupM Reclassifies YouTube, & More

    Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Spotify is no longer in the IAB, GroupM to reclassify some YouTube ad revenue as CTV instead of digital, Global is launching Dax ID, how video can widen podcasting's footprint, and ARM breaks down how podcast advertising is effective. 

    Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up here at Sounds Profitable.com

    • 4 min

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