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iHeart's consumer podcast host Spreaker published 13.5% of all
new podcast episodes in December.
According to Livewire, it's a record for the company and an
increase in share of 2.7 times year on year.
Its share was just 5% in December 2023, and it's grown
consistently since September.
Spotify for Creators also saw an uplift to 24.4%.
The number three podcast host Buzzsprout saw a drop to 6.5%.
Megaphone has also dropped year on year.
How many podcasts are being listened to through web-based
players?
OP3's John Spurlock looked at the top 300 shows for December as
measured by the service.
5% of all episodes are listened through web-based players, but
some shows are almost 100% consumed through the web.
We have more details in our show notes and our newsletter at podnews.net.
Remote recording and editing tool Riverside chose December 30th
to inform corporate customers
that Riverside prices for each additional license will double on
February 1st to $100.
The company raised $30 million three weeks ago.
Global, the media and entertainment group based in the UK,
published its full company accounts for year-ending March 31st,
2024.
The company's held privately, so this is dry reading, really
only meant for the tax authorities.
But one thing we do learn is that the company's North American
operations, which mainly consists of audio ad sales company DAX,
saw $55 million in revenue, a figure that's static year on year.
The company also owns podcast hosting company Captivate, as well
as many UK radio stations and UK outdoor advertising businesses.
The legal action by the National Association of the Deaf against
Sirius XM for not having transcripts in its app,
which started in 2021, has now been going so long it's had to
change judge.
The honorable Jeanette A. Vargas, who assumed office in November,
has now been assigned to the case.
And this probably lives in our tips and tricks section, but don't
play with your loaded handgun while recording a podcast.
Somebody did recently.
You can kind of guess what happened next.
You'll find a link to that in our show notes and our newsletter
at podnews.net.
It's a Monday, so time for some tech stuff.
And Amazon's CloudFront CDN saw another record share of podcast
episodes in December,
serving 58.5% of all new episodes, according to Livewire.
Chartable still tracked 2.29% of all new podcast episodes in
December,
in spite of being officially switched off on December the 12th,
according to Livewire.
And in podcast news, The Chaos Protocol within the Transplanar
RPG feed has won the Audio Fiction World Cup.
It's a scoring system based on wins at audio festivals around
the world.
What are treasury inflation-protected securities?
Ask Ralph explains them in a recent episode.
The show became a silver supporter of Podnews last week.
If you're running the London Marathon this year, why not grab
some tips from someone who might know a thing or two
or two about running a marathon?
Paula Radcliffe joins Chris Thompson in Paula's Marathon Run
Club, a brand new podcast launching today.
You can expect weekly training plan guidance, expert guest
segments from physiotherapists, celebrity runners and more,
plus important stories and discussion from Paula's Marathon Run
Club community.
And the 80s and 90s Uncensored kicks off season nine today with
a special guest, a 1980s movie icon, we're told.
The show's about sharing their passion for those decades that
defined a generation.
It's hosted by Milo Dennison and Jamie Fenderson.
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