Libsyn
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Liberated Syndication, Inc. (Libsyn) is an American podcasting company founded in 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia
Website: libsyn.com
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It was certified for v2.1 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines on Apr 19, 2024.
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Latest news
- Dec 25, 2024: How many podcasts still have the Chartable prefix in them? As of last weekend, there were still 14,241 (not including shows hosted on Megaphone). Omny Studio has the most, at 1,665 (down by 15% since Dec 1), Libsyn has 1,192 (down by 57%) and Simplecast 973 (down by 37%). Chartable prefixes still work - but they won’t for much longer.
- Dec 24, 2024: Is Apple Podcasts getting more popular? Libsyn posted another small increase in share-of-download for Apple Podcasts for November 2024, up to 46.9%. (However, any episodes uploaded as video to Spotify won’t count in these figures, even if only listened in audio form).
- Dec 18, 2024: Libsyn has published the results of its share tender offer. The company purchased 6mn shares for a total of $8.6mn (an apparent price of around $1.43). The company has around 30mn shares.
- Dec 12, 2024: Libsyn and Sounds Profitable unveiled the 2024 True Crime Podcast Listener Landscape report. True Crime is #1 with women in the US, with 37% of female podcast consumers listening in the past month, the data says.
- Dec 9, 2024: The inductees for the 2025 Podcast Hall of Fame have been announced. Those recognised include Sounds Profitable’s Tom Webster, She Podcasts’ Jessica Kupferman and Libsyn co-founder Dave Mansueto. The ceremony is on Jan 17 in Orlando FL. So far, all 51 inductees have been from the US.
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