Sounds Profitable26 Jan 2024

Sounder on APIs, Apple Rating Analysis, YouTube's Host-Read Haven

Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting:
Sounder Debuts Open APIs For Transcription
How Podcast Networks Are Testing Out AI
Analysis of 28.5 Million Podcast Reviews on US Apple Podcasts
Not All Video Podcast Ads Are Created Equal

Quick Hits:

The “Why” of Your Podcast by Tom Webster. This week Tom shares an excerpt from his upcoming book, focusing on figuring out the all-important detail of why someone listens to a podcast.
Paramount Won’t Return to TV’s Upfront Week in New York by Brian Steinberg. Despite CBS usually being a big-ticket player in flashy New York upfronts, Paramount Global is taking this year to focus on intimate in-person meetings with select advertisers.
SCOOP: Are awards worth it for Canadian podcasts? by Kattie Laur. A deep dive into confusion and controversy surrounding last year’s Signal awards.
Brands Are Getting Shy On DEI, But Reaching Diverse Audiences Is Still Good Business by Anthony Vargas. Minority-owned publishers have a big hurdle to overcome, as despite regularly providing higher ROI than more generic competitors, buyers aren’t finding their inventory in the first place.
Manifest Media Announces Strategic Partnership with Realm to Expand its Creative Influence in Podcasting. The collaboration aims to bring Manifest’s catalog of new and upcoming audio fiction to Realm’s platform.
Ossa Announces 2nd Event In 10-Part Series On Creators and Podcast Advertising Partners. The session will focus on where to find podcast hosting services and tips on evaluating the best one for a given podcaster’s needs.

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Today in the business of podcasting:Libsyn has announced that video functionality is now available across all its hosting plans, with direct video distribution to Spotify — powered by the Spotify Dist...

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Nielsen Integrates Triton Digital Data, Spotify's Q1 Report, & More

Today in the business of podcasting:Nielsen has integrated Triton Digital's Podcast Metrics Demos+ data into its Nielsen Media Impact planning platform, making it easier for advertisers to evaluate po...

28 Apr 5min

iHeartMedia and SiriusXM Merger Talks, S&P Global on Podcast Consumption, & More

Today in the business of podcasting:iHeartMedia and Sirius XM are in preliminary talks about a potential merger that would combine the largest radio station owner and the largest satellite radio servi...

27 Apr 5min

SiriusXM Reps YouTube Audio Ads, New Podcast Audience Metric, & More

This week in the business of podcasting:SiriusXM Media has become the exclusive audio advertising representative for YouTube in the United States, giving advertisers the ability to buy guaranteed audi...

24 Apr 7min

New beehiiv Podcast AI Integration, Bumper Score's Measurement Impact, & More

Today in the business of podcasting:Sounds Profitable's new Audio Primes report finds that 22% of podcast consumers listen to 75% or more of their episodes as audio-only — and 90% of them use YouTube,...

23 Apr 8min

SiriusXM to Rep YouTube Audio in US, New IAB Programmatic Council, & More

Today in the business of podcasting: SiriusXM Media has become the exclusive audio advertising representative for YouTube in the United States, giving advertisers access to guaranteed impressions agai...

22 Apr 5min

Eyes Are Optional

What platforms record and what podcast consumers are actually doing can be two different things.New research from Edison Research introduces "Audio Primes" — the 22% of podcast consumers who listen to...

22 Apr 8min

Netflix on Podcast Growth, March Ad Spend Stats, & More

Today in the business of podcasting:Netflix Co-CEO, President and Director Ted Sarandos called out podcasting as a bright spot in the company's Q1 2026 earnings, noting that internal data shows video ...

21 Apr 5min