An analysis of two years of episodes by nine prominent podcasters shows how they became mainstream sources for young men and rallied support for Trump's agenda
In an effort to understand … John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine : The Trump Immigration Fire Hose David Aaron / Just Security : The Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened Series, Trump's Immigrat...
How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg : X: @kantrowitz X: Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : Lots of top podcasts pay for followers via mobile game incentives. This is bullshit chart gaming that adds disinterested ...
Spotify's TikTok-like redesign reveals top podcasters' follower counts: The Joe Rogan Experience has 14.5M, TED Talks Daily has 5M, and Call Her Daddy has 3.7M
It's Even More Than You Thought Connor Bennett / Dexerto : Joe Rogan's Spotify dominance finally revealed & it dwarfs every other podcast Podnews : How big is Joe Rogan? Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : Jo...
Music industry insiders reflect on the waning influence of popular, human-curated Spotify playlists, as the company shifts towards AI-driven personalization
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg : Threads: @__philipclark , @seaninsound , @ashleycarman , @ashleycarman , and @lazyboyloops Threads: @__philipclark : 5.5 years ago YouTube Music hired away Tuma Basa from ...
A look at the challenges of podcast moderation: the difficulty of finding infringing content, the plethora of players, and philosophical objections to the idea
Ashley Carman / The Verge : Tweets: @venkatananth , @mkadin , and @ashleyrcarman See also Mediagazer Tweets: Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth : Good read on the impossible problem of moderating podcasts...
A look at the challenges of podcast moderation: the difficulty of finding infringing content, the plethora of players, and philosophical objections to the idea
When former White House adviser-turned-podcaster Steve Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray, the tech platforms reacted. Tweets: @mkadin and @ashleyrc...
Sources: Facebook is building an audio chat product, currently in the earliest stages of development, that is similar to Clubhouse
The increasingly popular social media app is allowing conspiracy theories … Darragh Murphy / Laptop Mag : What is Clubhouse and why is Facebook cloning the voice chat app? The Economic Times : ETtech ...
Podcasters say Anchor's sponsorship feature seems to be seriously lacking in sponsors, and they've received few, if any, ads beyond Anchor or Spotify itself
Ashley Carman / The Verge : Tweets: @quinnypig , @thebyroncraig , @jake_k , and @ashleyrcarman See also Mediagazer Tweets: Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : Weird, almost like podcasters want to vet the spo...
Google suspended a popular Android podcast app, Podcast Addict, from the Play Store and removed ads from existing installs, because it lists COVID-19 content
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Podcasts are being review-bombed in coordinated campaigns aimed at putting thousands of one-star reviews on their Apple Podcasts pages; hosts have no recourse
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