2024-07-29
@itsurboyevan Fat tail dynamics across every category of creator verticals...a few blockbuster podcasts make all the money “There are ~450k active podcasts that published recent episodes. But the top 25 podcasts reach nearly half of U.S. weekly listeners” https://www.wsj.com/... [image]
Wall Street Journal
Podcasting is becoming an industry of megastars with huge deals and the biggest audiences; Edison: the top 25 podcasts reach nearly 50% of US weekly listeners
The top shows are adding video, merchandise and live tours and signing megadeals with Spotify, Sirius and Amazon.
2019-10-07
Diller / $IAC Profile in Forbes Goes well with his two-part interview with Reid Hoffman https://www.breaker.audio/... https://www.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Profile of Barry Diller, as he prepares to spin off IAC's 81% stake in Match Group and 84% stake in Angie's List owner ANGI HomeServices, worth a combined $20B
Antoine Gara / Forbes : Tweets: @lsukernik , @ckwitt3 , @modestproposal1 , and @antoinegara Tweets: Larry Sukernik / @lsukernik : “I wasn't a founder of a single company. We were ...
2019-09-05
Prudential's $2.35B acquisition of Assurance IQ... “Sales of individual life policies down ~45% since mid-1980s. Decline came as MFs / 401(k)s combones life & savings, which is less attractive to middle-class families.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Reuters
Prudential Financial to buy Assurance IQ, which uses data science and AI to sell insurance policies from 20+ providers online, for $2.35B
(Reuters) - U.S. insurer Prudential Financial Inc has agreed to acquire online insurance startup Assurance IQ Inc for $2.35 billion …