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April 9, 2024:
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After SB Nation’s announced closure of the network’s local sports podcasts, are these types of shows doomed? Not so fast: the Locked On Podcast Network says the local sports podcast model is thriving.
March 28, 2024:
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Correction: Yesterday, we said that the Locked On Podcast Network were represented by Libsyn Ads before they signed with Adswizz. We based this on a page on the Libsyn Ads website which sold “a full network buy” of the Locked On Network. That page was deleted after we published yesterday; and both companies say that Locked On did not work with Libsyn Ads, so we clearly got things wrong and we regret the error. We’re told they were with Spotify/Megaphone.
March 27, 2024:
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The Locked On podcast network is to be represented for adsales by Adswizz. They were with Libsyn Ads, formerly AdvertiseCast.
March 1, 2024:
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TEGNA released its latest financials. It’s the owner of the Locked On Podcast Network, and that saw a 37% increase of downloads and views in 2023, broke 30mn in October, and is expanding into video. Our sister publication the Podcast Business Journal will have an interview with David Locke later today about the company’s strategy to get close to audiences.
February 16, 2024:
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The Podnews Weekly Review this week is just James - Sam Sethi is probably sheltering from the tropical rain showers in the Australian summer. James is joined by David Locke from the Locked On Podcast Network, who have an interesting strategy to get closer to their audience; and by Amelia Coomber from Podscribe to discuss their effectiveness research.
August 4, 2023:
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TEGNA announced its Q2/23 financial results. The company owns the Locked On Podcast Network: views and listens to those shows have grown 44% year-on-year; video podcast views have more than doubled, increasing by 134%.
August 2, 2021:
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Locked on HBCU is new from TEGNA, and is their first daily podcast dedicated to HBCU sports and athletes.
July 28, 2021:
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TEGNA's Locked On Podcast Network has announced that twenty local sports shows are now available on YouTube as well as on TEGNA tv station's apps.
February 11, 2021:
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Entercom has signed the Locked On Podcast Network for adsales and distribution. The network was bought by TEGNA earlier this year. Entercom will also co-produce some new shows with their own on-air personalities.
January 28, 2021:
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Tegna, a TV network in the US, has bought the Locked On Podcast Network, which claims to make more than 600 podcasts a week and delivered 80m downloads in 2020. Terms of the deal were not disclosed for this one either.
April 22, 2020:
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The Locked On Podcast Network, a leading sports network, claims that its audience is still growing even without sports. The company's audience is up 75% year on year.
April 10, 2020:
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Podfund, which supports emerging podcast creators, has announced Q2 and Q3's new shows and seasons, including more from Double Elvis, Pushkin, and Locked On Podcasts.
March 30, 2020:
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NBA fans have been waiting for Chad Ford to return to the spotlight for two years - and Chad Ford's NBA Big Board is new today from Locked On, who also report that they're seeing their biggest weeks ever for their NFL podcasts. "Sports fans still want sports," COO Carl Weinstein tells us, "and at least a little relief from the "real world" news."
November 27, 2019:
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Locked On Podcast Network has concluded its first $750,000 funding round. The company claims it's the #1 producer of daily, local sports podcasts, and produces over 140 unique sports podcasts across 60 US and Canadian markets.
October 31, 2019:
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Podfund have announced two new creators in their portfolio. The Locked On Podcast Network, and If These Ovaries Could Talk, a podcast about LGBTQ families.
September 18, 2019:
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The "PodVader" Jay Soderberg has been announced as Executive Producer for Locked On Podcast Network, a daily local sports podcast network. Jay most recently worked with Voxnest and BlogTalkRadio.
April 8, 2019:
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Locked On, which has built its popular media enterprise upon short-form, daily local market podcasts for each NFL and NBA team is moving into major league baseball coverage beginning with the start of the 2019 MLB regular season. Locked On podcast listens doubled in 2018 to 5 million monthly listens.