A notice on its website says that Stitcher is being discontinued so its owner, SiriusXM, can incorporate podcasts into its own subscription businesses. SiriusXM acquired Sitcher in 2020 for $320 million. At the time, the company... Read More
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Spotify is cutting 200 employees from its podcasting unit, which represents 2% of its workforce. The streaming company’s head of podcast business, Sahar Elhabashi, announced “the difficult but necessary decision to make a strategic... Read More
YouTube has announced a test to allow podcasters to “create and measure podcasts in YouTube Studio”. If you’re in this experiment (we’re not), you can upload a podcast, view podcasts, and mark existing playlists as podcasts... Read More
Social media app TikTok is preparing to launch a podcast app. TikTok, which has over 1 billion monthly users and 138m monthly active US users, has recently registered a trademark for TikTok Music which includes the provision for... Read More
The answer is: It depends. If you’re creating interesting content that your listeners want to hear, then your podcast can be as long as it takes to keep them engaged. The length of your podcast also depends on your subject, industry or genre.... Read More
Joe Rogan is reportedly being paid $200 million to have his podcast exclusively on Spotify. And while Spotify has done little to rein in or criticize Rogan for spreading vaccine misinformation or use of the N-word on his podcast, the comedian and... Read More
The new year started off strong for podcast publishers as post-holiday listening roared back. Downloads among top 20 publishers measured by Podtrac saw a 17% year-to-year increase in streams and downloads last month. Powered by an eight percent... Read More
Spotify has bowed in the face of pressure from critics about supporting the spread of COVID and vaccine misinformation with a plan to add warning labels on its global platform to content that skirts the line between “what is acceptable and what is... Read More
By one numeric gauge – dollars – there is no denying Joe Rogan’s reported $100 million deal to distribute his show exclusively on Spotify is paying off. But after being widely available for a decade, that walled-off distribution model... Read More
Netflix might be the king of video, but the company could monopolize a new vertical: podcasting. ️ Netflix Podcasts are a new flex for the streaming giant to promote its TV and film originals. On Thursday, Netflix hired a former... Read More
The marriage of on-demand podcast and live interaction with fans continues to gain traction. Deepening its embrace of social audio, Podbean is adding several new features to its live two-year old streaming service Podbean Live. Some are targeted... Read More
Despite a drop-off in the number of car trips for many Americans during the spring, broadcast radio continues to hold onto the largest share of any audio medium. Edison Research’s latest Share of Ear study shows 42% of all time spent listening to... Read More
Remote interviews are a fact of life for every podcaster, and in today’s era of social distancing, more so than ever. Since you rarely get the chance at an interview do-over, nailing down your remote recording workflow is essential. We’ll show you... Read More
According to The Wall Street Journal, SiriusXM Holdings is near a deal to buy E.W. Scripps Company’s Stitcher podcasting unit for around $300 million. Stitcher runs a free podcast listening app and a premium $4.99 monthly service that lets... Read More
News that Joe Rogan will take his popular podcast to Spotify in a multiyear licensing agreement starting in September represents the biggest gamble on exclusivity in the podcast industry to date. Rogan said last year his podcast has about 190... Read More