Laura Ingraham dropping radio show for podcasting
The Fox News host cites family reasons.
Notes on the Podcast-to-Subscription Funnel
“Young people acquisition” strategy.
Fremantle launches a new scripted podcast label, Storyglass
TV for your ears, part infinity.
Panoply signs the Vox Media Podcast Network onto the Megaphone platform
It’s Panoply’s first major move as a post-content company.
“Pushkin Industries,” Jacob Weisberg and Malcolm Gladwell’s audio venture, steps into the open
The Hair Returns.
Anchor publishes new terms of service
Clarifying the whole thing about content ownership on the platform.
Pandora’s Podcast Genome Project Enters the Wild
Sydney Pollack had a great line in Michael Clayton where he wags his finger at George Clooney’s down-in-the-dumps fixer protagonist saying: “Fer chrissakes, Michael, you’ve got something everybody wants. You have a niche!” That line popped into my head when I initially heard Pandora was planning to graft its famed Music Genome Project onto the […]
The Case for Transcription
One thing about producing audio for the internet that a lot of people I talk to really like is the relative tranquility of the whole experience, especially when contrasted with all other forms of online publishing. There’s no comments section, and audiences generally have to explicitly listen to a whole show to hear what’s actually […]
Tracking: November 13, 2018
Conan O’Brien’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, launches next Monday, and the production has circulated a star-studded guest list preview. Stitcher (née Midroll Media) is handling advertising sales, and there’s an interesting connection there: Adam Sachs, the former CEO of Midroll, is now the COO of Team Coco, O’Brien’s production company. ICYMI: “Some podcasters […]