Podcasting News

John Sykes discusses the shift in the entertainment marketing landscape and the influence of radio as the pioneer media platform. He also gives listeners tips on how to get your next project funded and how he helped pull together a concert for NYC in just four-and-a-half-weeks.

iHeartPodcast Network has premiered a new true-crime series called Hit Man which follows the real story of Lawrence Horn, an engineer at Motown records, and the peculiar circumstances surrounding the murder of his ex-wife, son, and friend.

Veritone has inked a deal with ART19 — a podcast hosting, content management, monetization, and measurement platform. Under the agreement, ART19 will use aiWARE for targeting ads based on the content of an individual podcast episode.

The cross-pollination of podcasting with other media continues. CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, has announced a development slate of podcast-to-television series that will see five popular, original CBC Podcasts adapted for the screen.

On Wednesday organizers of Podcast Movement announced that the 2020 Podcast Movement Conference will be in radio's stomping grounds, Dallas, at the Anatole Hotel, August 5-8 in Dallas. The Anatole is where the Radio Show is being held next month.

Marvel New Media and podcast listening service Stitcher have announced Marvels, a new Marvel fictional podcast series, launching in fall 2019.The 10-episode series will be available exclusively on Stitcher Premium until 2020

Mobile publisher Group Nine Media and iHeartMedia have announced an exclusive slate of co-produced podcasts on the iHeartPodcast Network.

The MindShift podcast is back with a new season of exploring innovation in education — and with school about to start up again, it’s come at a great time. The four-year-old podcast highlights how educators are addressing some of the trickiest problems in education.

If you're going to Podcast Movement that is. Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan is moderating the Friday morning 10:00 a.m. Speed Mentoring session at Podcast Movement on the Broadcasters Meet Podcasters track, presented by Jacobs Media.

You may have heard about the SoundExchange announcement, Monday, regarding music becoming available for podcasters in 2020. On the “Broadcasters Meet Podcasters” track a Thursday session is being held to discuss that very topic. Here are the details.