Wondery's restructure suggests the end of the “Serial” podcasting era and the start of a new one, marked by investment tied to video and the creator economy
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Patreon says it now has 6.7M+ paid podcast subscriptions, generating $472M+ in 2024 revenue, up 35% YoY, and signs podcasting deals with Sony Music and Wondery
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Internal data: Spotify had ~55M US subscribers as of Q3 2024, of which only ~607,000 had switched to the cheaper “basic” plan that doesn't include audiobooks
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Email: Spotify raises the listener threshold for creators in Ambassador Ads from 100 to 1,000 over 60 days, and plans to cut ad support for white noise podcasts
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Sources: YouTube is offering grants of $50K to individual podcasters and $200K-$300K to podcast networks to create video versions of their shows or other videos
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In an email to creators, audio app Fireside, funded by Mark Cuban, says it is accepting investments through August from anyone who is interested
It hasn't even launched publicly yet — The Mark Cuban-funded and co-founded audio app Fireside has yet to publicly launch … Tweets: @ashleyrcarman Tweets: Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman : NEW: mark ...
Spotify launches paid podcast subscriptions for creators in the US, at no cost to creators for two years and a 5% fee starting in spring 2023
Manage your Stratechery subscription. — This Article is a follow-up in two ways: MacDailyNews : Apple Podcasts Subscriptions: The good and the bad Jason Snell / Six Colors : The good and bad of Appl...
Spotify says Anchor powered 80% of its new podcasts, or 1M+ shows, in 2020; overall, Anchor powers 70% of Spotify's total podcast catalog of over 1.9M shows
and it's more *you* than ever. Check out the cool new features to help you dig even deeper into your 🎧 habits. #2020Wrapped https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ... Alex Wolf / @alexwolfco : Yep, that's how...
Report: US advertisers spent $479.1M on podcast ads in 2018, up 53% from 2017, and are predicted to spend $678.7M this year
U.S. advertisers' spending on podcasts rose 53% in 2018 — Podcasters continue to find growing interest from marketers, but their growth remains constrained … Tweets: @ashleyrcarman , @alexisohanian ...
Apple revises guidance for its fiscal 2019 Q1 downwards due to weakness in some markets, particularly China
and today. But look how many tech people think PCs are essential and interesting. Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : 5/ There are many examples of mature product lines with significant growth selling into a...