Spreaker Prime: $1m in podcast ad revenue in first three months

• Spreaker Prime generated over $1m of podcast ad revenue in its first three months, according to the company. More than $600,000 went directly to podcasters. Spreaker Prime launched on July 30, using Podnews sponsorship as part of its launch.

• A study of over 3,000 16-39 year-olds across eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region reveals that close to three-quarters of them listen to podcasts; 40% on a weekly basis. 36% preferred replayed radio shows featuring their favourite personalities, according to the data from Xtra Insights.

  
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• Entercom CEO David Field gave the prices paid in cash for Cadence13 ($34m) and Pineapple Media ($14m) in an earnings call; that’s below the reported prices at the time. The company, which owns RADIO·COM, has announced that it’s to get onto Bixby voice assistants

• iHeartMedia’s digital revenue, including podcasting, rose by 33% in Q3 2019. Broadcast revenue shrunk by 0.6%; and overall income slid by an alarming 24.6% year-on-year.

• Triton Digital paid $8.5m for Omny Studio, it was revealed in owner Scripps’s earnings call. Triton Digital revenue is down more than 10% but is refocusing on core businesses. Revenue at Stitcher is up by 41.4%, says the iHeart-owned InsideRadio.

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• Fireside, a podcast host, has a number of additional features including dashboard dark mode, shareable videos, automatic episode tweets, and player enhancements.

• Resonate Recordings has announced v2.0 of their podcasting product.

• Indianapolis Monthly writes a long-form article on Crime Junkie, which is not altogether positive.

  
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• Prediction time - in 2020, UK podcasting will see more drama and sitcoms, says Katherine Kerr. Meanwhile, the Irish Times looks at how Irish podcasting hit the mainstream.

• American Public Media are to cut twelve positions in a reorganization. Irish broadcaster RTÉ is closing a number of digital radio stations, shuttering their DAB broadcasts entirely, making 200 people redundant and cutting pay for others. In Australia, the ABC will no longer produce Olympics radio coverage in a cost-cutting move.

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