On Podcast Apps
Around the same time the newsletter went out on Tuesday, Fast Company published a piece by Glenn Fleishman — veteran tech journalist and a podcaster himself, via The New Disruptors — that, similarly, sought to sketch out likely pathways into the future for podcast apps. And it seems we were thinking about the same things.
Spotify and Podcasts, 2019
CES, that fine mess formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, was held in Las Vegas last week, and I took in the proceedings the way I always have: from behind the comforting glow of my laptop, far away from dense crowds and parched #brands. As expected, the smart speaker was one of the more […]
Tracking: January 15, 2019
Three Big Things (1) Forgot to mention this last week, but it’s a pretty intriguing story: Before the new year, Sam Harris, the author and creator of the Waking Up podcast, moved his operations off Patreon after accusing platform for “political bias” following its decision to ban controversial fringe figures in early December. Waking Up […]
Sounding Off
A small storm was kicked up among listeners of the BBC’s popular Fortunately… podcast last week, when digital and podcasts commissioning editor Rhian Roberts announced on Twitter that as of 2019 the show would be available exclusively on the BBC Sounds app. As far as I’m aware, this is the first regularly publishing weekly podcast […]
Audio Fiction’s “Next Phase”
Right before we wrapped for the holidays, Ella Watts, a London-based podcast producer and consultant, shared the results of a research effort on the fiction podcast genre that she had undertaken off a commission by the BBC Sounds team. It’s an interesting piece of work, and I recommend taking the time to read it in […]
Who reviews the reviewers?
There are certain questions about the podcast business that come around again and again. One of them is to do not with the audio industry itself, but the way its products are covered in the wider media: essentially, why aren’t there more podcast reviewers?
Followup to AdBlock Radio
So, that story sparked a ton of reader response.
Keep an eye: An Open Source Audio AdBlock Project
As above, so below, y’know?
Insider: January 10, 2019
A live branded show, Spotify signs another exclusive, and CES watch.
2019 Scene Setting
Last year was a strange and busy one for podcast-land between the shake-ups and bubble talk and the mergers-acquisitions and launches on launches on launches. And from the looks of it, the next year will likely prove to be equally peculiar one as well. Will podcast audiences and advertising revenue continue to grow? Will non-advertising […]