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Visit https://podnews.net/update/podcast-advertising-long-tail for all the links, and to get our newsletter. How many podcasts do you need to advertise on to reach 75% of all US weekly podcast listeners? Edison Research has crunched the data. Podfest, one of the world's largest podcast conferences, opened in Orlando FL, USA. (Send us your pictures!…
Visit https://podnews.net/update/spotify-cta-gb for all the links, and to get our newsletter. Spotify has added call-to-action cards for podcasts for advertisers in the UK, Canada and Australia. Launched in the US in Jan 2022, here are details about how they work. They demonstrated the new cards at The Podcast Show. Breaking: At The Podcast Show, A…
Visit https://podnews.net/update/psl-22-opens for all the links, and to get our newsletter. Where's that data come from? SVP of Edison Research Tom Webster tells us to check the sources, in this week's Sounds Profitable with Libsyn's Advertisecast. The Podcast Show has started, in Islington, London. Event organisers tell Podnews they're expecting 2…
Visit https://podnews.net/update/youtube-podtrac for all the links, and to get our newsletter. Exclusive: In new research from Podtrac, YouTube is the most popular platform for podcasts that post full video. 22% of Podtrac's top 250 podcasts are posting full video episodes to YouTube - which do particularly well on the platform, with bigger and mor…
Visit https://podnews.net/update/spotify-booze for all the links, and to get our newsletter. Exclusive: Podcasts promoting call girls are appearing within Spotify, as free plans from podcast hosting companies flood platforms with advertising for sex workers. We've a list of more than five hundred shows, many still live. RSS.com has implemented an a…
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In Podnews today: The number of US listeners has grown by 40% in the past three years. Big new podcast festival in London, and SquadCast to get a new look Visit https://podnews.net/update/nielsen-pr22 for all the links, and to get our newsletter.Par Podnews LLC
In Podnews today: Some unexpected data from Apple Podcasts; some updates from Patreon; a little more action but also more conversation from Acast Visit https://podnews.net/update/ratings-are-down for all the links, and to get our newsletter. Image: Florian SchmetzPar Podnews LLC
In Podnews today: Podcasting smashes $1bn in US ad revenue, and forecast to hit $4.2bn in 2024; and Dolby Atmos moves into podcasting Visit https://podnews.net/update/tom-webster-sounds-profitable for all the links, and to get our newsletter. Image: Podcast MovementPar Podnews LLC
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