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August 18, 2023:
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Starglow Media, a kids and family audio company, launched in Los Angeles. Some shows on their slate join from Glassbox Media (#412) and Wondery (#864).
May 17, 2023:
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In the Room with Peter Bergen is the first ever podcast from the CNN national security analyst, and was launched yesterday. It's also the first weekly podcast from Audible available across all platforms. Alison Craiglow, formerly of Freakonomics Radio, is Executive Producer of the show for Fresh Produce Media.
April 11, 2023:
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Glowing in Tech returned for its second season last month, a podcast that encourages those underrepresented and underserved in tech. It's hosted by Amber and Jessie, two Black women who aim to make the tech industry feel more inclusive and accessible.
March 28, 2023:
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Libsyn's Glow has unveiled integration with Spotify Open Access. It joins a number of publishers and services making their premium subscription content available on the platform.
July 14, 2022:
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Libsyn's Glow, the company's podcast monetisation platform, has seen a 167% revenue growth since its acquisition in April 2021, the company says. The product lets podcasters sell subscriptions and accept monetary support.
January 27, 2022:
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Acast was announced as a launch partner for Spotify's Open Access subscription tool in July last year; but Acast+ doesn't work with the tool. Memberful and Libsyn's Glow were also announced as launch partners; but have also yet to roll out support. We hear whispers that Spotify Open Access requires mandatory caching of audio, which cedes considerable control away from podcast hosting companies.
December 29, 2021:
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Stitcher released data for 2021, showing their consumption data and, separately, data from a creator survey. 41% of larger independent podcasters earn revenue from paid membership platforms like Memberful, Patreon, Glow or others.
September 29, 2021:
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Hot on the heels of Fireside comes Glow - in terms of name confusion, that is. Just as Mark Cuban's Fireside is nothing to do with Dan Benjamin's Fireside, so Amazon's Glow is nothing to do with Libsyn's Glow. Amazon's Glow, launched yesterday, is a device to help parents play with their kids remotely, while Libsyn's Glow is a podcast membership service. We're pleased to have cleared that one up.
July 28, 2021:
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Spotify has announced the first partners for their Open Access feature, which will allow paid subscriptions from third parties to work with Spotify. They include Acast+, Glow․fm, Memberful, Supporting Cast and Supercast, as well as a number of publishers. See analysis, below.
April 21, 2021:
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Eric Johnson notes the big difference between Apple Podcasts subscriptions and those from companies like Glow and Patreon: no copying of private RSS links.
April 13, 2021:
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Libsyn has acquired Glow, a podcast membership monetisation platform, for $1.2m. In February, Libsyn acquired podcast production platform Auxbus and earlier this month acquired ad company AdvertiseCast.
December 30, 2020:
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TechCrunch has covered Podpage, a "quick and clever tool" to help you make an instant homepage for your podcast. They're sponsoring our Tips & Tricks section currently, though we'd have linked to this glowing review anyway.
December 11, 2020:
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The Refer-o-Matic, a way to share podcasts, has shared something of its own: a list of the top five shared podcasts.
November 20, 2020:
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Glow has launched Refer-O-Matic, a paid tool to incentivise your listeners to share your show. Here's the story behind it.
October 27, 2020:
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Shure have launched the Shure MV7 microphone. US$249, it gets a glowing review in Forbes. With XLR and USB output and an app to help control it, it's based on the Shure SM7B used by Michael Jackson, Joe Rogan, and Roman Mars.
August 18, 2020:
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Libsyn has got a glowing, and detailed, writeup from an investment company - a useful look inside the podcast host.
July 22, 2020:
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Richard's Famous Food Podcast gets a glowing review in the Sydney Morning Herald. "Each episode can take Parks up to six weeks to edit".
April 27, 2020:
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Got a beefy Nvidia RTX video card? Why not use it to remove background noise from your recordings? Nvidia RTX Voice uses artificial intelligence to work out which is your voice, and which is the clack-clack of your keyboard. This review seems glowing.
April 14, 2020:
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Announced today, Podapalooza is a two-day virtual podcast festival for the benefit of COVID-19 relief, happening on April 25-26. You can buy tickets today (pay what you can), to access special episodes of all your favourite podcasts, from companies like Stitcher, Wondery, Lantigua Williams & Co, and plenty more.
February 12, 2020:
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Glow has published data about membership plans for podcasts, based on their own creators. Discounted annual memberships appear to be welcomed by audiences, bringing in up to 25% of money: the average revenue per member is just over $75 a year.
January 14, 2020:
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The GeekWire podcast has, in a recent edition, a discussion about the future of podcasting. Taking part: Phyllis Fletcher, senior editor for podcasts at American Public Media; Steve Henn, the head of content strategy for audio news at Google; David Payne, the president of Rainstream Media; and Amira Valliani, CEO and co-founder of Glow.
November 19, 2019:
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Podcast live events will bring in over $55m this year in the US, according to research from podcast membership company Glow.
November 6, 2019:
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Podfan, a membership support service for podcasters, has dropped charges for recurring listener support. The move follows competitor Glow, who did similar last week.
October 29, 2019:
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Exclusive: Glow, a service that lets you build a podcast membership program, has just announced that the company is dropping all charges to collect listener support. Patreon charges between 5% and 8% to most content creators. "We believe that in order for podcasting to thrive, listener-supported and membership models have to thrive too, and we want to be the easiest route for podcasters to build those models," explained Amira Valliani, the co-founder and CEO. The company will continue to charge for subscription podcasts and other services.
September 13, 2019:
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Wonder how Glow·fm works? It's a method of charging people for a podcast subscription. Transistor's Justin Jackson plays with it on YouTube.
September 4, 2019:
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Glow, a podcast monetisation support tool, has added different monetisation offerings, now allowing one-time and annual payments.
August 16, 2019:
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Lila Shroff from glow·fm has written her takeaways from Podcast Movement. Among other things, she suggests that audio fiction is becoming more popular.
August 9, 2019:
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Glow, a subscription podcast platform we first mentioned in April, has raised US$2.3m in funding. It's already used by over a hundred podcasts.
July 15, 2019:
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Birthday Skin is a skincare podcast "on a mission to make skincare less confusing and mundane". Charlie and Amy feature research to bust some myths, and aim to give you "glowy skin". (Entale)
June 11, 2019:
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GeekWire profiles Glow, a technology platform for podcast memberships.
April 4, 2019:
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Formerly known as Kimberlite, a subscription podcast platform called Glow promises to "make it easy for your fans to pay for your podcasts".
September 17, 2018:
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Author and podcaster Mike Luoma looks back at a dozen years of podcasting.
September 14, 2018:
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The New York Times covers Adventures in New America, a "politically charged dystopian fantasy", with a glowing review. (Night Vale Presents / PRX)
March 13, 2018:
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Marvel and Stitcher release Wolverine: The Long Night. It's exclusive to Stitcher Premium for now; it gets a general release later this year. It gets a glowing review from The Wrap, is called a bold experiment by Vulture, and Minnesota Public Radio highlights the author, Benjamin Percy.
February 6, 2018:
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The Onion's satirical trime-crime podcast, A Very Fatal Murder, launched yesterday and gets a glowing review on CNET.