Podcasting

• Magellan AI, the podcast analytics platform with the world’s largest database of podcast advertising data, announced a new collaboration with Experian, the world’s leading information services company.• Experian’s Identity Graph will power Attribution by Magellan AI. The new attribution platform was recently announced and will enable podcast advertisers and publishers to gain insights into … Read more

• PodX Group, a company committed to investing in international podcast companies and IP rights, proudly announces its first investment in Latin America through the acquisition of a majority stake in Posta, Argentina’s leading podcast production company.• As the first podcast production company to be founded in Argentina, Posta is a pioneer in the Latin … Read more

•Three podcast hosting companies, Podlove, podCloud, and Castopod by Ad Aures are excited to announce the support of OP3.• OP3 is a free and open-source podcast prefix analytics service committed to open data and listener privacy.• With OP3, podcasters will be able to value their analytics data, share them with the open podcasting ecosystem, track … Read more

• Acast released its financial report for Q3/22, with revenue at SEK 321m ($29.8m), up 21% y-on-y, or 1.9% q-on-q.• It claimed 1.3bn listens, with average revenue of SEK 0.24 per listen ($22 per thousand listens).• Acast made a loss in the quarter of SEK65m ($6m), though improved its profit margin from the previous quarter.• … Read more

In a renewed fight against Spotify, Amazon has made big changes to Amazon Music Prime, including ad-free podcasts . Included with your Prime account, the service now offers 100 million songs (on shuffle) instead of the 2 million it had before; and “the largest catalogue of ad-free top podcasts”, […] Click here to view original … Read more

LiSTNR has retained its position as Australia’s number one podcast network with more than 6.2 million monthly listeners in the October Triton Podcast Ranker. LiSTNR has nine of the top 20 podcast titles and three of Australia’s top podcasts in their genres: No. 1 comedy podcast – Hamish & […] Click here to view original … Read more

• ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network has been named Australia’s #1 podcast publisher for the 30th consecutive ranker report.• The network delivered a combined total of 5.6 million listeners (up 4%) and 26.6 million monthly downloads (up 7.5%), the highest number of downloads ever achieved in October ranker show .• ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network continues to hold half … Read more

•Vizzy Studio is a web-based platform that allows podcasters to add images, chapters, and links to their audio.• Vizzy Studio has been released in response to listener behaviour.• CEO and founder Nic Ivanov said that the use of multiple still images will provide additional context and engagement for listeners; new commerce opportunities for creators; and … Read more

•ARN’s iHeart has shared new data from Magellan AI that reveals the top 15 brands advertising for Q3, 2022 across the podcast landscape nationally.• The report is based on analyzing thousands of episodes from 400+ of Australia’s most popular podcasts for Q3 2022 to determine which brands are advertising in the rapidly growing medium.• Overall, … Read more

•Amazon Music and Acast have entered into an agreement to deliver ad-free podcasts for Prime members and Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers.• Ad-free listening to Acast podcasts on Amazon Music will result in revenue for Acast podcasters.• The agreement enables Prime members and Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers to stream Acast podcasts without ads globally through the … Read more