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- Jul 10: As part of that, you might be interested to know that you can be listed in Pandora almost instantly these days.
- Jun 13: Andy Lipset, former CEO of SpokenLayer and formerly of Targetspot and Pandora, has launched a new advisory firm called Resound. He is joined by another former CEO of SpokenLayer, Lauren Nagel.
- Nov 1, 2023: SiriusXM released its Q3 financial numbers. Podcasting saw a revenue growth of 28% in the quarter. The number of users at Pandora continues to shrink, though.
- Aug 2, 2023: SiriusXM released its Q2/23 financials. Podcast ad revenue was higher, though not split out in the results; programming costs were higher too. Pandora fared less well, selling fewer ads, and reaching 3m fewer people per month. The word "Stitcher" doesn't appear once in the results; the podcast app closes at the end of this month.
- Jun 2, 2023: Speaking in a conference, SiriusXM CEO Jennifer Witz said that while the ad market is "choppy", brands are still keen to enter podcasting. The company is helping brands that previouly just used Pandora to access audiences across SiriusXM (satellite radio) and podcasting.
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