Pandora launches 'Stories'; ART19's raid on Stitcher

Pandora launches 'Stories'; ART19's raid on Stitcher

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  • Pandora is launching Pandora Stories, that combines music and the spoken word in a “new format”, according to TechCrunch: playing music and talking inbetween - eerily reminiscent of music radio.

  • Podcast host ART19 has hired two executives from Stitcher as part of an expansion plan. Korri Kolesa is the company’s new COO, and Lex Friedman is joining as Chief Revenue Officer. The company is planning new advertising products.

  • Cadence13 is switching podcast host to Megaphone by Panoply; they previously used ART19. In HotPod, Nick Quah suspects this is a sign of a hosting shakeup to come.

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