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April 10, 2024:

Face-Off: The U.S. vs China is new this week from Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jane Perlez, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief and current fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. It's executive produced by Mia Lobel, ex of Pushkin Industries, and is from Airwave Media.

April 8, 2024:

The CPM model of advertising does not - and will not ever - work to sustain podcasting. That’s the view of Mia Lobel, formerly Head of Content at Pushkin Industries.

January 25, 2024:

Mia Lobel, formerly at Pushkin Industries, is now running a podcast consultancy, she writes.

January 12, 2024:

Pushkin Industries’s Malcolm Gladwell is to be awarded The 2024 Audio Vanguard Award at On Air Fest.

December 6, 2023:

Mia Lobel writes about her experience at Pushkin Industries, and why she left the company: “The people who are ultimately making the decisions are not the people who know how to make shows.”

November 17, 2023:

Employees at Pushkin Industries have unionised through the Writers Guild of America East.

November 15, 2023:

Pushkin Industries is the subject of a piece in The Daily Beast, reporting on an all-staff meeting back in July. "I think we got a little blinded by some of the hype and craziness in our industry over the last couple of years," Malcolm Gladwell is quoted as saying.

October 20, 2023:

Axios has cancelled their daily news podcast Axios Today, which the company produced with Pushkin Industries. The last episode was in mid September; the show becomes 1 big thing, a weekly, interview-style podcast, from Nov 2.

October 2, 2023:

Pushkin Industries is to make 17 employees redundant, representing 30% of its workforce. There are executive changes as well, reports Bloomberg. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that WNYC is to cut its workforce by 12%, roughly 40 people.

September 20, 2023:

Win or lose, sink or swim: one thing is certain, we'll never give in. McCartney: A Life in Lyrics is new from Pushkin Industries and iHeart, and is a collaboration between the former Beatle and the poet Paul Muldoon. Arm in arm, hand in hand, we all stand together in downloading the first episode, out today.

September 14, 2023:

Have you heard of an Aperol Spritz? 50% of all consumers haven't: but almost every marketer knows about the Italian wine-based cocktail. It's one example, according to new research from Pushkin Industries and iHeartMedia, of marketers increasingly not understanding the consumers they're trying to reach. The data claims that marketers often chase the ‘shiny and new’ at the expense of reflecting the values and priorities of real consumers.

September 6, 2023:

The Hot Docs Podcast Festival in Toronto released its full program. The first in-person Festival since 2019, the festival welcomes a slate of international and Canadian podcasts, including The New Yorker's Fiction Podcast, Articles of Interest, and Dinner SOS. It also hosts the Creators Forum on October 19 and 20, featuring top executives, producers and hosts from Acast, Bumper, Canadaland, CBC Podcasts, Condé Nast, HBO, Media Girlfriends, NPR, Pushkin Industries and more.

July 19, 2023:

Win or lose, sink or swim: one thing is certain, we'll never give in. McCartney: A Life in Lyrics is new from Pushkin Industries and iHeart, and is a collaboration between the former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and the poet Paul Muldoon. Arm in arm, hand in hand, we all stand together in knowing at least one song that won't be making the highlights reel. It's out in September.

June 15, 2023:

The Financial Times and Pushkin Industries have launched Unhedged, a show from the popular Financial Times newsletter. Each fifteen minute episode offers a global outlook, industry insights and "a witty and unique take on the latest markets and finance news".

January 27, 2023:

Pushkin Industries is said to have laid off "a handful of employees" this week.

January 5, 2023:

Amazon Music asked to reduce a potential $10m deal with Pushkin Industries, after the audio division was told to make savings, according to Bloomberg. The Great Podcasting Market Correction highlights recent employment freezes and layoffs in the industry, and a slowdown of acquisitions. Ad sales have increased though, says Magellan AI in the article.

November 30, 2022:

Pushkin Industries is to partner with production company Little Everywhere, will co-produce season 3 of The Dream, and will jointly launch a finance show early next year.

October 26, 2022:

Mia Lobel has been promoted to Head of Content at Pushkin Industries. She is a founding member of the company and has helmed Pushkin’s flagship show, Revisionist History, since its inception in 2016.

July 19, 2022:

Pushkin Industries has purchased podcast creator Transmitter Media. Transmitter's founder and CEO, Gretta Cohn, will join Pushkin's senior leadership team. Terms weren't given.

March 11, 2022:

Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine today features a chat with Pushkin Industries owner Malcolm Gladwell interviewed by Michele Cobb (who is publisher of AudioFile Magazine, and also Executive Director of The Podcast Academy). "Gladwell’s enthusiasm for the podcast format is one of the founding principles of Pushkin and this special episode explores what is beyond the boundaries of traditional audiobooks as a result of the explosion of the podcasting industry."

March 8, 2022:

Getting Even with Anita Hill is a brand new show from Pushkin Industries and lawyer and feminist icon Anita Hill. The show will feature conversations about a more equitable society.

February 8, 2022:

As part of a new recording of his book Liar's Poker, a companion series starts today in Against the Rules with Michael Lewis. Called Other Peoples' Money, it focuses on characters from the book, financial experts, and journalists. It's a five part series; the new recording of the audiobook is also released today, both from Pushkin Industries.

January 28, 2022:

Spotify says: "As shared in the announcement, we're activating those partners on a rolling basis – to mention just a few that have already been announced as live since July, we have rolled out Supercast, Slate Plus, Pushkin Industries and Mamamia. We have no new specifics to share right now, but expect to hear more from us in the near future!"

December 2, 2021:

And Pushkin Industries has also launched a direct podcast subscription program, which will also work in Spotify. Jacob Weisberg, Pushkin co-founder and CEO, acknowledges that they will continue to work closely with Apple Podcasts but adds: “We now want to make sure the same experience is available to listeners on other platforms.” The company will also use Supporting Cast.

December 1, 2021:

Apple Podcasts announced its Best of 2021. A Slight Change of Plans with Maya Shankar from Pushkin Industries was chosen as Best Show of the Year, and WBUR/Futuro's Anything For Selena chosen as Newcomer of the Year. A list of top new shows and top subscriptions is available in the app.

September 8, 2021:

Journalist, writer and podcast host Jacob Goldstein has joined Pushkin Industries.

April 21, 2021:

Pushkin Industries is to launch PushNik, for $4.99/month or an introductory $39.99/year.

March 5, 2021:

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December 9, 2020:

Maggie Taylor, formerly of Radiotopia and PRX, is to join Pushkin Industries as Marketing Director. She'd been consulting for the company for the past two years, and starts January 15.

November 10, 2020:

iHeartMedia has also signed a sales and production partnership with Pushkin Industries. It'll make iHeartMedia the company's exclusive sales partner, and Pushkin will also co-produce new, original podcasts for iHeartMedia over the next few years.

November 3, 2020:

Are podcasts are bit too long? Blinkist, which takes best-selling nonfiction books and produces a 15-minute summary, has launched Shortcasts, doing 15-minute versions of podcasts. Revisionist History from Pushkin Industries is one of the shows offered in Shortcast format, in collaboration with the podcast creators.

September 29, 2020:

Pushkin Industries has a nice new website.

June 22, 2020:

Pushkin Industries and Axios launch their new daily news podcast today. Axios Today, hosted by Niala Boodhoo, promises a ten-minute news podcast made using a system they call "Smart Brevity".

September 3, 2019:

In Boston MA, USA, the "educational audio conference" Sound Education is planned from October 9th-12th. Among the speakers is Helen Zaltzman (The Allusionist), Tony Phillips (WNYC Studios), and Julia Barton (Pushkin Industries).

June 20, 2019:

Further to our recent mention of the new Pushkin Industries podcast for Luminary, UK podcast producers Chalk and Blade contact us with the news that they're producing a total of three shows for Pushkin this year - two for Luminary, and a further title for the Rockefeller Foundation. The company's also working with other US networks.

June 18, 2019:

Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg's Pushkin Industries have released their latest podcast. Making a Killing is a new premium podcast on Luminary this week.

December 5, 2018:

Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg's audio company, Pushkin Industries, is to be represented by Cadence13.