Podcast Ink™

Drop Biscuit Studios Co-Managing Partner, Mike Agovino announced the launch of a first-person biopic on the life of Louis Armstrong. POPS stars Reno Wilson and chronicles the life of Louis Armstrong.

WOUB Public Media is launching a new podcast hoping to shed light on the mystery surrounding the cemeteries at the old Athens Lunatic Asylum in southeast Ohio, now known as The Ridges. WHO Lies Beneath: The Asylum gives names and voices to those who were buried there under numbered tombstones. The first episode drops July 28th.

“Beauty Translated” is the first podcast in iHeartMedia's NextUp Initiative. The new lineup features voices from all backgrounds, including members of historically underrepresented groups.

“Stepmom Presents: The Husband Hunt” is the first episode of Clown Parade. Each month, the show will feature four episodes by a different up-and-coming comedic talent, hosted by an original character of their own creation.

Beginning in July Edison Podcast Metrics will increase its sample sized by 150%. The increase will mean five-thousand interviews of podcast listeners in the US will be conducted each quarter.

iHeartMedia and Charlamagne Tha God have announced the first-ever Black Effect Podcast Festival to celebrate Black voices in the podcast industry. The event, sponsored by Nissan, is Sunday, August 28 at the Avant Gardner, Brooklyn Mirage.

BetMGM will become the exclusive sportsbook of Audacy's BetQL Network. The BetQL Network presented by BetMGM is an exclusive multi-year agreement that significantly expands the current relationship between BetMGM and Audacy.

That was by far the biggest amount of money spent by an advertiser in the month of May, according to Magellan AI. Amazon was a distant second at $4.5 million. Here are the top ten spenders for May...

For the month of May, Stitcher Media was the number one network again according to Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. Stitcher averaged 59.6 million weekly downloads and 14.8 million average weekly users.

Kast Media has put together a podcast hosted by a trio of cast members from the MTV reality show, The Hills. "Was It Real? The Hills Rewatch" will go behind the scenes for all six seasons of the show.