Podcast Ink™

NPR confirmed the cancellation of four podcasts on Friday amid the company's largest layoffs since 2008: Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot, Rough Translation, and Everyone & Their Mom.

Triton Digital has released its inaugural U.S. Year-End Podcast Report. The report takes a close look at the at the podcast space in the United States. The analysis includes listening habits and audience demographics. Here are a few highlights from the report...

Amplifii Media CEO Steve Goldstein will join RAB CEO Erica Farber for a special webinar called The Local Podcast Opportunity. The one-hour virtual interview will be held November 9th at 1PM Eastern. Goldstein is expected to reveal new data during the interview. REGISTER.

CNN Audio and iHeartRadio have launched Election 101 – a new co-produced podcast about the American political system and the electoral process. The new 10-part series is hosted by CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes. A new episode drops every Wednesday.

As podcasting's Asian American audience has grown 500% over the last decade, Seattle NPR KUOW introduces season two of Ten Thousand Things with host Shin Yu Pai.

"Next Question With Katie Couric” is coming out with a special limited series looking at the realities of a country without the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. The six-episode special series comes on the heels of an unprecedented leak of a draft decision that Roe v. Wade is poised to be overturned.

After a soft launch, Crooked Media debuted a new podcast subscription service on Tuesday that offers exclusive content and member benefits. The company's first tiered subscription service will be divided into three tiers, with scaling prices and benefits.

The iHeartRadio reboot is called Pratt Cast, and it gives listeners an all-access pass to everything happening on and off camera this season.

VICE News Reports, a weekly investigative series covering critical news subjects, will be available this fall on iHeartRadio. The weekly series will feature in-depth stories with audio that brings the listener directly into the story.

PodcastOne has signed a multi-year year partnership with Empire Media Group that will include at least six limited series and eight weekly shows. Several programs are currently in production and will debut in the coming weeks.