Revenue is up for Audioboom, the latest from podnews.net with Soundstack, earning more programmatic revenue. Audioboom has released its quarter 3/24 trading update. The company saw revenue up 34% year on year to $18.8 million, and a record revenue per thousand downloads up 79% from last year and up 9.9% from last quarter. The company made $1 million EBITDA profit. Listeners are more connected to a brand when it has a sound identity.
According to a new report from Veritonic, more than half of all podcast listeners say that a brand's sound is more memorable than its visual logo too. Spotify has launched audio books in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Jessica Radburn has been hired as head of audio on demand at the ABC in Australia. She joins from Wondery and Audible, and she'll report to Ben Latimer.
And four times Super Bowl champion Rob 'Gronk' Gronkowski has joined sports entertainment studio Nuthouse Sports as partner, teaming up with Super Bowl MVP Julian Adelman and super digital founder Asaf Swisser. The studio launches Dudes on Dudes today featuring Gronk and Jules. If you don't get our newsletter, you miss out on our tips and tricks every single day.
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Appearances by candidates on podcasts have been a feature of this election and currently, apparently, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to be on the Joe Rogan podcast for some reason. An exclusive premiere of the latest single from The Struts, "Can't Stop Talking" is in their podcast, "The Struts' Life" today. It's the first time a major label artist's new track will be debuted via a podcast. And the new episode also includes behind-the-scenes insights.
It's released with Pantheon Media. Also new today, Podstruck is celebrating rom-coms, the good, the bad, and the totally sexist. "Next Realm" is for people who like a good ghost story but would prefer something a little bit more heartwarming. The new show explores the profound stories of individuals who've experienced messages from their departed loved ones. "The best idea yet" is new from Wondery and T-Boy in Good Companies returns for a new season today.
Looking at the latest trends in business and technology and audio drama, "The White Vault" returns for a new season today, perfect for horror-filled October. The podcast contains the collected records of a repair team sent to outpost Fristed in the vast white wastes of Svalbard and unravel what lies waiting in the ice below. This podcast is sponsored by Soundstack. So you've got a portfolio of podcasts and you're looking for more opportunities for them in 2025.
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