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Tracking: January 24, 2019

Update on podcast ads on Spotify and Pandora, Patreon said to be reaching $1 billion in creator payouts, the podcast interview circuit, Serial Productions' project pipeline, and more.

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Serial’s Strong Debut Numbers

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Serial 3, and Inside the ZipRecruiter Deal

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Setting up Serial Season 3

Notes on the business end.

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The Verge: “Pandora’s Podcast Genome Project may launch by end of the year”

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Phew, we’ve apparently solved 97% of the podcast measurement problem — everybody relax

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Turns out people really like podcasts after all (and now we have numbers to prove it)

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These are the most important developments in the podcast business so far in 2017

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How will we know when we’ve hit Peak Podcast? And are we there yet?

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Apple, podcasting’s dominant (and mostly benign) middleman, is rebooting how it delivers shows

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So how in the world do you break into a career in podcasting, anyway?

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“If a Serial episode was a mountain peak, S-Town was the Himalayas”

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An interview show is a quick way to get a podcast to market, but how do you build one from scratch?

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Get ready to binge-listen to Serial’s new spinoff S-Town: All 7 episodes will drop at once next week

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The true crime show that’s gotten comparisons to Serial is heading for a second season and a new case

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Hot Pod: Did the election podcast glut of 2016 fail its listeners?

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Hot Pod: Will 60dB’s algorithms and user experience give it a lead over other audio platforms?

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New podcasts, more existential public radio talk, and progress on intern wages

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A podcast ranking that misses a lot, new listenership data, and funny Australians

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As more podcasts become TV shows, can their founders retain creative control?

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