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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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IAB's Podcast Upfront, Olympic Ads Selling Fast, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: what to expect from the 2024 IAB Podcast Upfront, Jordan Harbinger's three lessons to podcast advertisers, Rebecca Lavoie's tips for public radio station podcast success, and NBCUniversal reports they've sold out all digital and linear ad inventory for the 2024 Paris Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.
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The Roost Acquired by Night, True Crime's Success in Podcasting, & More
Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting: CBS's success with 48 Hours and how broadcast-to-podcast works best, this week in podcast acquistions with The Roost and Neon Hum, The Breakfast Club flexes podcastings' journalistic might, Signal Hill Inights tests the power of 'talent-read' ads, and Gen Alpha's getting into sports.
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Gumball's Campaign Builder, RadioDays NA's Podcast Summit, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Bryan Barletta interviews Gumball CEO Marty Michael about the company's new Campaign Builder, Substack announces new Spotify integration, Radiodays North America to feature a seperately-ticketed podcast summit, the hard numbers on YouTube Shorts, and why women are driving True Crime's growth.
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Bartlett Founds Flight Studio, New Podcast Ad Research, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: CBS finds podcasting success with 48 Hours, what ID5's fundraising means for podcasting, Signal Hill Insights tests the power of "talent read" ads, and Steven Bartlett teams up with Telling Media co-founders to launch Flight Studio.
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How to Embiggen Podcasting
Being overly restrictive of what ‘counts’ as a podcast could lead to the medium going the way of the blog. Tom Webster’s keynote presentation from Evolutions by Podcast Movement breaks down how we can embigify the industry.
Written by Tom WebsterEdited by Gavin GaddisAudio edited by Gavin GaddisHosted by Spreaker
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Night Acquires The Roost, Gen Alpha's Loving Sports, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: The Roost has been acquired by Night Talent Management, Podcasting's open internet heritage, the lack of serial in Serial, Gen Alpha's growing sports fandom, and the trouble with trying to change TV upfronts.
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Sounds Profitable’s series of podcasts have been so helpful to me as I’ve tried to keep up-to-speed with the changes across podcasting and media. I’ve relied on their coverage and insights to learn about how the AdTech industry works and evolves, but have also appreciated their in-depth research and analysis of news across the industry. Highly recommended!
Jolly Badvertising
They ran some experiments with their feed early on so now I have 4 separate feeds for this in my player. And the main part of their feed is now a whole different show, which is essentially a ripoff of another persons show. So I really struggle with this one. There seem to be some good people involved with this production. And if small creators can get some ad revenue to help cover costs, that’s cool. But so much of Internet advertising is so bad (in every way), podcast advertising is especially challenging, and ad tech tends to mess with the downloading and playback experience. There are so many fake metrics and scams and so much corruption, that the upbeat pro advertising tone of this show seems at least irresponsible if not deliberately deceptive. I’m pretty sure most listeners do everything they can to skip ads. Even the listeners and poll respondents who pretend to enjoy the ads so their favorite creators can get paid. Would be cool if this show dug into how to make podcast ads more listenable. Or more skipable. I would predict they’d find much shorter ads, fewer ad breaks, ads that sonically match the show yet are distinct from it, ads in their own chapter breaks, and non-intrusive whole-season sponsorships would be more pleasant and effective than what we’re getting now. Ads are quickly driving me away from podcasting and helping me create my “never buy” list. This show is telling the industry the opposite. I’d be suspicious of whatever it is this show is selling.
Great podcast for those interested in ad tech aka podcasters
Bryan and now Tom, are great researchers; been following them both for a while. Bryan is passionate about the podcast space and how ads fit into it. Tom comes from Edison research and has a heavy research background- very knowledgeable about podcast data. They’re already making a great team and I look forward to continue to track this space with them. They too do a good job of helping indies by giving a lot of free game and webinars etc. Definitely recommend to fellow podcasters that want to monetize and run ads