Industry Discusses Spotify "Skip Ahead," U.K. Podcasting on BBC Ads, & More
Today in the business of podcasting:Industry leaders including Crooked Media's Tommy Vietor, Right Side Up's Krystina Rubino, and ADOPTER Media's Glenn Rubenstein are responding to Spotify's "Skip Ahe...
6 Aug 5min
Acast Opens Apple Podcasts Video to All Creators, Media Measurement in the Boardroom, & More
Today in the business of podcasting:Acast has opened video publishing on Apple Podcasts to all creators on its platform, ending the beta waitlist after shows using video saw an estimated 25% lift in w...
5 Aug 8min
Spotify's Ad-Skipping Tool, IAB Search Measurement Guidance, & More
Today in the business of podcasting:Spotify is testing "Skip Ahead," a one-tap ad-skipping feature for Premium subscribers that collapses a nine-tap skip into a single action, raising questions about ...
4 Aug 6min
Apple Services Revenue Up 12%, How Creators Use FAST Channels, & More
Today in the business of podcasting:Apple's fiscal Q3 2026 results show Services revenue, the segment housing Apple Podcasts, up 12% year over year to $30.7 billion, while SiriusXM Media CEO Jennifer ...
3 Aug 4min
Discussing The AMP Accords, The Power of Podcast Newsletters, & More
This week in the business of podcasting:Tom Webster makes the case that a podcast newsletter is the one channel where creators gather unmediated audience feedback, separating the work of promotion fro...
31 Juli 8min
The Best Real Estate in Podcasting, Ofcom Publishes U.K. Listening Data, & More
Today in the business of podcasting:Tom Webster closes out The Podcast Atlas series by arguing the email newsletter is the only piece of real estate a podcast creator actually owns, giving shows a dir...
30 Juli 6min
Podcasts Hold 9% of Canada's Ad Audio, Mission-Driven Shows Punch Above Their Weight, & More
Today in the business of podcasting:Signal Hill Insights' new Audio on the Move study finds podcasts account for 9% of ad-supported audio listening time in Canada, while YouTube and YouTube Music toge...
29 Juli 4min
The Podcast Atlas, Part 5: The Best Real Estate to Own in Podcasting
In the final stop on The Podcast Atlas article series, Tom Webster makes the case that a podcast newsletter is the most valuable piece of owned media a creator can build, and the one channel no platfo...
29 Juli 11min
