Lobbyists Look To Cash In With ‘Ruthless’ Political Podcast
Club Road Associates is expanding its partnership with Libsyn's AdvertiseCast to include their new political show, Ruthless. Ruthless features Conservative lobbyists for major global companies, providing insights into the inner workings of Capitol Hill.
Denmark’s Podimo Finds Funding For Spoken Word Audio Growth
European podcast and audiobook subscription service Podimo has secured €44 million in funding. This caps a year featuring an 80% subscriber increase, following the four-year-old company's expansion into seven markets globally.
Magellan AI Update Seeks Podcast Attribution Details
Magellan AI has announced an update to its Measurement product suite, introducing podcast-to-podcast attribution. This new feature enhances the ability of podcast marketers to analyze the effectiveness of their growth campaigns.
GBH Kids Goes Interactive In ‘Work It Out Wombats! Podcast’
GBH Kids hopes to shake up the traditional kids' podcasts sphere with the Work It Out Wombats! Podcast. Unlike typical podcasts, this eight-episode series, inspired by the popular TV show, invites young listeners to engage in playful activities with the characters.
APM Podcast Ponders Deepwater Horizon’s Ripple Effect
APM Studios and Western Sound are launching Ripple, a new investigative podcast, on January 11. Hosted by seasoned podcaster Dan Leone, Ripple delves into the long-term aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the largest oil spill in American history.
Mailchimp Cuts Audacy Podcast Contract After Union Concerns
Intuit Mailchimp has abruptly ended its contract with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios after refusing to employ unionized workers. Pineapple Street staff unionized last fall, which has become more prevalent in the digital audio space as workers seek better conditions.
Is An Easy Analytics Switch Enough To Captivate Podcasters?
Captivate, part of Global, has introduced a new analytics feature to try and lure podcasters to the host. The tool allows the seamless transfer of users' entire podcast download analytics history from previous platforms to the Captivate dashboard.
UK’s Adelicious Chooses Realm As US Podcast Partner
Scripted podcast production company Realm is partnering with UK-based independent podcast hosting and monetization network Adelicious. In this deal, Realm will exclusively represent Adelicious' array of shows for advertising in the US market.
TikTok Leaves The Podcast Game Behind, At Least For Now
TikTok's podcast experiment, which started earlier in 2023 and spent most of the year under the radar, is coming to a close. Beta testers of "Podcasts on TikTok" received a message from the social platform announcing the feature's discontinuation.
Kevin Hart, Peacock Ring The Bell On ‘Fight Night’ TV Series
Peacock has greenlit a limited drama series based off the true crime podcast Fight Night by iHeartPodcasts, Doghouse Pictures, and Will Packer Media. Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist tells the story of the daring heist that changed the city of Atlanta forever.
