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Hot Pod delivers stories, analysis, and opinions on podcasting and the new audio industry. It's meant for individuals, groups, and companies looking to better understand the ever-changing podcasting and digital audio space. Here, we cover things like: the big audio platform machinations, the strategic thinking of publishers, the conditions of creative podcast workers, the design and ideas of..
Hot Pod News
1y ago
Hi all, Happy Friday! I have a two-parter for you today. First off is a Q&A with Tinkercast — one of the leading publishers of kids podcasts — about the state of children’s audio and the challenges of adapting the medium for YouTube. How do you draw kids’ eyeballs along with their ears — especially ..read more
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1y ago
The week is almost over, and I hope it will end on a good note. Today, I dive into a YouTube pilot for RSS that likely will have a major impact on podcasters if it becomes adopted, and a…very wild night on Twitter Spaces! Will YouTube’s RSS leave podcasters hanging? There’s nothing “real simple” about YouTube’s ..read more
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1y ago
Hope everyone at The Podcast Show is enjoying the conference (and ignoring their jet lag). While I’m still very much across the pond (like, way across) in LA, this issue of Hot Pod leads with some news from BBC Radio. I’m also digging into kids podcasts on YouTube and an interesting announcement by Bill Simmons about Spotify’s ..read more
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1y ago
Hi all, Hope everyone is surviving the week. Today, I have an exclusive interview with one of the co-founders of DWNLOAD Media, a new investment firm focused on the audio industry. I’ll also take a look at the new audio app by The New York Times as well as a push for AM radio on Capitol Hill. Before we ..read more
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1y ago
Hi all, Today we’re mixing it up a bit. First off, I have a post-Podcast Upfronts Q&A I conducted with SiriusXM’s Lizzie Widhelm and Scott Walker. Both Widhelm and Walker are a part of SXM Media, the massive ads operation that powers SiriusXM, Pandora, SoundCloud (through a partnership) and the SiriusXM Podcast Network (which includes ..read more
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1y ago
Hi all, Hope everyone is recovering well from yesterday’s Podcast Upfront. For today’s issue of Insider, I’ll go over the AI hype cycle, layoffs at PRX, and some announcements and deals. AI was topic du jour in podcasts over the past month Artificial intelligence has entered this year’s zeitgeist. In a tweet, Spotify CEO Daniel ..read more
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1y ago
Today was the first in-person Podcast Upfront since the pandemic, and it started off with a bang. Well, maybe not. A glitch — in the very beginning — caused presentations from last week’s IAB NewFronts to briefly air for remote attendees (“Should we be seeing a presentation about Meta right now?” asked one person in ..read more
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1y ago
Hi all, This week is an exciting one for the audio industry, with Podcast Upfront around the corner and awards season underway. This week we’ll look at a new community audio project on BlueSky and Spotify’s expansion of its audio ad network in Europe. I also briefly connected with journalist Connie Walker, who won a ..read more
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1y ago
Hi all, Hope everyone is looking forward to some rest this weekend. For today’s Friday issue, we’ll look at how traditional podcasts are faring on YouTube, the Vox Media Podcast Network’s debut on Podtrac, and a lightning round of new deals and announcements. Biggest podcast networks are struggling on YouTube The pivot to video is not ..read more
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1y ago
Hi all, There’s been a whole flurry of earnings reports from the audio industry over the past couple of weeks — so I dove into what we’ve learned about the state of podcast ads today. I took a closer look at iHeartMedia’s earnings, as well as the company’s continued embrace of AI. There’s also some ..read more