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...
Apr 22, 2024•5 min•Ep. 309
Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting: U.S. creator funding surges, advertising space for the opening and closing Olympic ceremonies is sold out, The Sports Audio Report teaser has promising data for podcasting, and Rebecca Lavoie shares tips for reframing podcasting's place in the media ecosystem of a public radio station. Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up here at Sounds Profitable.com...
Apr 19, 2024•8 min•Ep. 308
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: how UK podcasts navigate the country's election cycle, the latest on Sirius XM's upcoming Sports Audio Report, and James Chandler on why advertisers should include podcasting in their media plans this year. Find links to every article mentioned and the full writeup here on Sounds Proftiable.
Apr 18, 2024•5 min•Ep. 307
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Adam Bowie goes over Ofcom's latest podcast survey, The Information finds US creator funding surges for the first time in two years, NAB panelists say appetite for digital audio advertising is growing, and Lower Street is hosting a Brand Podcast Summit ticket giveaway. Find links to every article mentioned and the full writeup here on Sounds Proftiable....
Apr 17, 2024•4 min•Ep. 306
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: the IAB publishes their 2024 Internet Advertising Revenue Report, Morgan Stanley weighs in on the proposed ARN acquistion of SCA, and Digiday breaks down WTF is the American Privacy Rights Act. Find links to every article mentioned and the full writeup at Sounds Profitable.com
Apr 16, 2024•5 min•Ep. 306
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. Find links to every article mentioned and the full writeup at Sounds Profitable.com...
Apr 15, 2024•5 min•Ep. 305
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. Find links to every article mentioned, the full write-up, and subsribe to the newsletter version here on Sounds Profitable....
Apr 12, 2024•9 min•Ep. 304
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. Find links to every article mentioned, today's Database Snapshot, and the full writeup on Sounds Profitable....
Apr 11, 2024•6 min•Ep. 303
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. Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up, including today's research database snapshot, right here on Sounds Profitable....
Apr 10, 2024•4 min•Ep. 302
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 Webster Edited by Gavin Gaddis Audio edited by Gavin Gaddis Hosted by Spreaker Sounds Profitable: Narrated Articles is a production of Sounds Profitable . For more information, visit soundsprofitable.com....
Apr 10, 2024•8 min•Ep. 301
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. Find links toe verything mentioned and the full write-up on Sounds Profitable.
Apr 09, 2024•6 min•Ep. 300
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Podcast Moevment has published the 2024 Evolutions keynotes on YouTube, The Breakfast Club's recent interview with Eric Adams shows podcasting's power for hard-hitting questions, and Digiday looks at the factors that could affect ad tech M&A this year. Find lnks to everything discussed and the full write-up on Sounds Profitable....
Apr 08, 2024•4 min•Ep. 299
Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting: Tom Webster breaks down highlights from The Ad Bargain, The Joe Rogan Experience boosts Gary Clark Jr.'s Spotify numbers, retail media networks are starting to see the appeal of audio, and over 50% of surveyed Americans are cord-cutters. Find links to everything covered in this episode and read the full write-up here on Sounds Profitable....
Apr 05, 2024•10 min•Ep. 298
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Tom Webster breaks down five important data points from The Ad Bargain, KANTAR publishes podcast advertising guidelines for the Netherlands, and more than half of US TV watchers are cord-cutters. Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up at Sounds Profitable.com
Apr 04, 2024•4 min•Ep. 297
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Sound Profitable's newest study The Ad Bargain is now live, industry KPIs show YouTube leads for social media advertising attention (with podcasting in second place), where Gen Alpha consumes content, and why performance marketers are shifting priorities to brand-building. Find links to everything mentioned, as well as the full write-up, on Sounds Profitable....
Apr 03, 2024•6 min•Ep. 296
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: audio and retail are getting in tune with one another, advertisers are suing Meta for allegedly inflating ad viewership, the utility of podcasts like Lex Fridman's, insights from leaders at the top of podcasting, and Evan Shapiro's take on the 'creator economy' and how it's evolving. Get links to every story mentioned as well as the full write-up on Sounds Proftiable....
Apr 02, 2024•5 min•Ep. 295
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Anyone can buy traffic but building audience is harder, How the New York Times approaches podcast discovery and growth, YouTube to host Creator Workshop, Gary Clark Jr. experienced the Joe Rogan bump, and podcasters explore diverse revenue streams. Register now for The Ad Bargain's debut webinar. Catch links to everything mentioned in this episode and the full write-up on Sounds Profitable ....
Apr 01, 2024•6 min•Ep. 294
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Audible rides audio boom with big investments, the issue with DTC brands courting influencer investors, GroupM to double investment commitments in women's sports, and why true crime podcasts are great for advertisers. Find links to everything discussed and the full write-up on Sounds Profitable.
Mar 28, 2024•5 min•Ep. 293
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting, brought to you from the floor of Evolutions by Podcast Movement: The 2024 Ambies happened last night, Signal Hill Insights shares the podcast listening habits of influential exeutives, why marketers need to embrace the funny when it comes to podcasting, how to turn a comedy podcast into a comedy documentary, and Indigenous Screen Office pairs with Acast. Find links to everything mentioned in today's episode and the full writeu...
Mar 27, 2024•4 min•Ep. 292
Here's what you need to know for today in the busines of podcasting: Sounds Profitable will be returning to Evolutions by Podcast Movement with the Partner Lounge and two public panels, Podcastle's U.S. survey finds which podcasts are hot with politically-attentive respondents, eMarketer finds poltical ad spend is nearly triple what it was in 2016, and Spotify is testing video-based learning courses in the UK version of the app. Find links to everything mentioned and the full write-up here at So...
Mar 25, 2024•4 min•Ep. 291
Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting: March Madness TV ads are sold out, RedCircle launches new tool for host-read programmatic ad management, RadioDays Europe talks podcasting’s power, and advertisers are skittish on TikTok spending after recent political developments. Find links to every article mentioned in this episode and the full write-up here on our website.
Mar 22, 2024•8 min•Ep. 290
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: LibSyn is rebranding AdvertiseCast to Libsyn Ads, Bryan Barletta's article on owning pocasting's responsibility to audiences, a Podimo survey shows Finns are 62% likely to pay a premium for podcasts, and why Super Fans are something brands should prepare for. Catch links to everything discussed here on Sound Profitable....
Mar 21, 2024•6 min•Ep. 289
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Ad Results Media announces platform-agnostic programmatic host-read ad management tool, a server anomaly that caused millions of dollars in false bids last week, BBC to potentially run ads on podcasts accessed on third-party platforms in the UK, Spotify is launching a new Ad Studio product, and TikTok's podcast boom might be a bust. Find links to every article mentioned and the full write-up here on Sounds Profitable....
Mar 20, 2024•5 min•Ep. 288
Podcasting has long dealt with double standards when it comes to adtech problems that are part of larger systemic problems. The industry is in a position to establish a higher quality baseline than others who get away with murder. Written by Bryan Barletta Edited by Gavin Gaddis Audio edited by Gavin Gaddis Hosted by Spreaker Sounds Profitable: Narrated Articles is a production of Sounds Profitable. For more information, visit soundsprofitable.com ....
Mar 20, 2024•11 min•Ep. 287
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: March Madness men's games all but sold out of ad inventory, how third-party cookie deprecation will change ad buys, teens use YoUTube on a daily basis more than TikTok, how advertisers are reacting to TikTok's shaky future, and Amazon's opportunity in the cookie-free future. Find links to everything discussed and the full write-up right here on Sounds Profitable....
Mar 19, 2024•6 min•Ep. 286
Today in the business of podcasting: a report from Radiodays Europe, news podcasts and ad buyers aren't seeing the anticipated election cycle bump yet, Rich Greenfield proposes streaming needs to spend more time on time spent, The Ringer's union wins generative AI protections in contract, and Kast Media has filed for bankruptcy. Find links to every story discussed, and a full write-up, all here on Sounds Proftiable....
Mar 18, 2024•6 min•Ep. 285
This week in the business of podcasting: Bryan Barletta talks about building a better umbrella for podcasting at conferences like SXSW, Edison Research's Share of Ear data shows how much time podcasting takes out of an average hour of ad-supported audio listening, reflections on SXSW for podcasting, Apple has published new resarch on humanizing word error rates in podcast transcripts, and Digiday explains WTF is server-side ad insertion. Read the full write-up and get links to everything mention...
Mar 15, 2024•8 min•Ep. 284
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: My Cultura plans for major growth, the power of Alex Cooper's fandom, Joe Rogan's return to YouTube podcasting is a successful one, abd the case for longer brand lift studies. Catch links to every story mentioned and the full write-up here on Sounds Profitable.
Mar 13, 2024•4 min•Ep. 283
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Edison data shows podcasting takes up 12.2 minutes of the average hour spent listening to ad-supported audio, iHeart publishes the winners of the 6th annual iHeartPodcast Awards, IAB data shows Gen Z is the most likely generation to spend money on premium apps and services that used to be free, Digiday explains what server-side insertion is and what it does video (spoiler alert, podcasting has done it for years), and AdNews pu...
Mar 12, 2024•5 min•Ep. 282
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: 2024 is looking up for indie podcast company acquistions/partnerships, SiriusXM isn't sweating lower Pandora numbers, and Flightpath debuts a new way to do "faked-in" host-read ads. Find the full write-up and links to every article mentioned here on Sounds Profitable.
Mar 11, 2024•4 min•Ep. 281