Podcasting Revenue Surpasses $2 Billion: Implications for Book Publishing
But the times they are a-changed, as Bob Dylan almost said, and the publishing industry is slowly waking up to the role podcasting play, and to the role AI can play.
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Category: podcasting
New York Times to sell audio subscriptions on Apple and Spotify
Paid podcasting is nowadays so much a part of the industry, that it’s hard to imagine that, as recently as 2019, many were sniggering as Morten Strunge launched Podimo with the crazy idea that consumers might hand over actual money to listen to a mere podcast.
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Podimo Acquires Danish Advertising Agency Podads
This hybrid approach, combining subscription and ad-supported models, is expected to provide...
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OR/M launches lively industry podcast programme
A bit like an industry version of BookTok without the video.
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USA – The top podcast genre chart for Q2 2022
For book publishers insights like these can be invaluable in helping target audiences as...
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26% of Gen Z say they listen to podcasts every week. Top 5 podcast topics includes books
Many publishers still don’t get podcasts. Time to wake up and smell the coffee. Gen Z top 5...
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Facebook abandons podcasts, but no the podcasting sky is not falling
One might think, in a world of real doom and gloom, death and destruction, that there was no need...
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YouTube plans “tighter integration, monetisation and analytics for podcasts”
For book publishers the message should be clear – audiobooks are a major asset but podcasts...
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Substack poaches Patreon podcasts as it joins the race for a place in the paid podcasting arena
The one thing we can say with certainty is that paid-podcasting is here to stay, and is going to...
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2030 audio market projection hits $50 billion as Podimo brings in $78 million in fresh funding
The latest forecast, from Denmark-based podcasting platform Podimo, projects a 2030 audio market...
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Spotify’s paid podcast subscription service expands to 34 markets. Will authors and publishers rise to the opportunity?
But for podcasts, where traditionally there has been no royalties, just promotional payback, it’s...
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Podcastle attracts $7 million in fresh funding for its AI-driven podcast production platform
The same AI tools that make the podcast market so exciting are of course also applicable to...
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