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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 3, and Inside the ZipRecruiter Deal

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

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Alexa, can you get my kid to brush his teeth? (Oh, and Alexa? How exactly can I make money with you?)

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

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Who needs video? Slate is pivoting to audio, and making real money doing it

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If podcasts and radio move to smart speakers, who will be directing us what to listen to?

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

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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: The three numbers that mark the state of podcasting in 2017

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Hot Pod: Slate tries a rolling audio mashup to cover Election Day live

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Hot Pod: Is podcasting about food the new dancing about architecture?

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Hot Pod: Will the next wave of audio advertising make podcasts sound like (yuck) commercial radio?

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Can a political podcast avoid being overtaken by events?

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A new player aims to bring the podcast advertising analytics some want (and others fear)

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How can news organizations better prepare the next generation of editors?

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Are too many people skipping the ads in podcasts?

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

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Is the Stitcher deal a step toward a closed podcast ecosystem?

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