iHeart Radio's take on podcasting, plus data from NPR, PRX's tips, and TASCAM's microphones
October 27, 2017 · Updated July 19, 2019 · 0.9 minutes to read
Six tips from PRX’s Kerri Hoffman on podcasting. “Why would other people want to listen to an episode? And more importantly, who are those people?”
An interview with the SVP of Podcasting at iHeart Radio, Chris Peterson, on the future of radio podcasting.
35 of the most popular podcasts in iTunes are hosted by women. “We don’t have to be relegated to fitting ourselves into the roles that a group of male decision makers deems to be appropriate, sellable or allowable,” according to Laura Walker from New York Public Radio.
Yesterday, we had a special code for complimentary tickets for the RAIN Summit Europe. November 7th in central London. Good networking opportunity?
A Wordpress theme especially for podcasts, called Dixie. See a demo here.
Data: 82m downloads for NPR podcasts in a month; a monthly audience of 15.5m unique users.
New microphones from TASCAM, specifically for podcasting.
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