
Neither Fish Nor Fowl
With the upcoming release of Sounds Profitable’s study The Podcast Opportunity, Tom reflects on the idea of podcasting being considered ‘neither fish nor fowl’ in the advertising world. Credits: Writt...
28 Jun 20237min

Spotify Shifts Podcast Strategy, & 2 Other Stories
Articles covered: Quick Hits: Registration is open for next week’s Sounds Profitable webinar for the upcoming study The Podcast Opportunity: Buyer Perceptions of Podcast Advertising. The presentation...
23 Jun 202311min

Celebrity Podcasts: Successes or Sussexes?
This week, Tom looks at some recent data on popular podcast genres from Pew in light of Spotify parting ways with Meghan and Harry and their podcast Archetypes. What can we learn from the past about t...
21 Jun 202313min

Podcast Listeners Receptive to Political Ads & 2 Other Stories
This week's stories: Podcast listeners well disposed to political ads (Veritonic)Let’s Think about Podcast Consumers, Not Just ListenersCan A Million Ads Simplify Hyperlocal Audio Ads By Creating Even...
16 Jun 202310min

Unifying Programmatic Buying
Programmatic ad placement has been stuck on the waterfall for long enough. It’s time to lay the foundation for Header Bidding in podcasting. Written by Bryan Barletta Edited by Tom Webster Assembled w...
13 Jun 202310min

Spotify Downsizes 2% of Podcast Workforce & 2 Other Stories
Articles covered: Spotify to Slash Podcast Workforce, Combine Parcast and Gimlet Studios in New Round of Cuts“How Do We Pivot?”: Podcasting Turns to M&A and Cost-CuttingWhy advertisers are reconsideri...
8 Jun 202310min

Podcasting's Biggest Opportunity
Podcasting is becoming more competitive and less collegial every year. Is that a good thing, a bad thing, or just inevitable? Tom Webster suggests there is still an important job we all need to collab...
6 Jun 20238min

Australian Podcast Ad Spend Up 13% & 3 Other Stories
This week on the Download: Why podcasters are selling subscriptions through third-party vendorsFuture of TV Briefing: CTV continues to be a black box to programmatic marketersPublishers large and smal...
1 Jun 202311min




















