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Exclusive: A podcast app that skips ads has been launched. Adblock Podcast is built by Micah Engle-Eshleman, who charges listeners to skip ads, and shares that revenue with podcast creators. The service also caches audio to avoid negatively impacting advertisers who pay per impression. We have the first interview with Micah in today’s edition of the Podnews Weekly Review, to learn how it works, and what its future is.
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Sounds Profitable’s Tom Webster has launched a book. The Audience Is Listening: A Little Guide to Building a Big Podcast is not a book telling you how to make a podcast (“you know how to do that”), and instead, tells you how to make your podcast better.
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Acast released its Q2 2024 financial report. Net sales grew by 24% year-on-year to SEK 477.9 mn (US $44mn), driven by North America and Europe; total listens dropped 15% y-on-y to 1,104 mn after the changes in Apple’s iOS 17. The figures are described as “another step closer to profitability”.
- Earlier this week, Audioboom published its eCPM (revenue per 1,000 downloads) of $60.09. For comparison, we calculate Acast’s average eCPM is $39.63.
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Podcast hosting company bCast is to close. “It has simply not been possible to sustain the amount of usage with the revenue generated”, says an email to customers, seen by Podnews. The London-based company had grown by selling “lifetime” deals, which it tried to cancel in 2021, (and, a day later, changed its mind). The company hosts around 1,500 shows, of which around 350 are active.
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Podcast Movement has published its full schedule for its event near Washington DC in August. MrBallen is the latest big name to be confirmed as a speaker. Code
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Lemonada Media has announced Lemonada Books, working with a division of Simon & Schuster. The first titles will be based on David Duchovny’s Fail Better, and Last Day.
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British podcast company Persephonica is to move its headquarters to Sheffield. The company makes some of the biggest shows in the country, and its move to South Yorkshire will help develop podcasting talent in the region.
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In Dubai, the Al Arabiya Network has launched a new global Arab language podcast network called Mazeej.
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Wondercraft is to unveil a new interface on Aug 5. There’s an email in your inbox if you’re a Wondercraft user with more info.
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Bloomberg has published a profile of Joe Rogan, and his move to Austin TX, including his comedy club The Mothership.
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Zai Bennett will be the new CEO and Chief Creative Officer for BBC Studios Productions His remit will span the company’s UK and international production units. He’s currently Managing Director of Content for Sky.
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Jimmy Buckland has been named Strategy and Operations Director for News UK’s broadcasting division. He has worked for the company, which owns talkSPORT, Times Radio, Virgin Radio UK and other channels, since 2009.
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Kacey Spivey has been annnounced as the Director of Podcasts at Pionaire, a talent-first boutique podcast agency. She comes from YEA Networks. Pionaire has also signed additional creators.
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Podcast data for Jul 26
#1 in Apple Podcasts Hysterical (Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios)
Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery (9Podcasts)
#1 in Spotify The Tucker Carlson Show (Tucker Carlson Network)
The Ultimate Sacrifice (9Podcasts)
Over the last week, 180,981 podcasts published at least one new episode (down 3.2%). source
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