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Podcasting to be $1bn media market next year

Podcasting to be $1bn media market next year

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  • IAB

    Forrester Research has predicted that podcasting will become the next $1 billion media market next year, 2020. The IAB predict it’ll hit $1 billion in 2021 and Magna predict it’ll hit $1 billion in 2022, so someone’s bound to be right.


    Aug 18 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.
  • Amazon
    Google

    TuneIn has lost a major court case in the UK. Brought by two large record companies, the ruling given was that TuneIn is unlawfully linking to international radio stations that do not have UK music licences. Under copyright law, music licences are required in each country where content is consumed. TuneIn is currently the default podcast service for Amazon Alexa smart speakers, and the default radio service for both Amazon and Google.

  • Apple

    Apple TV+, the company’s new streaming service, has a show about a podcaster. Truth Be Told airs on December 6th. (via Benjamin Bellamy)

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