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Latest Episodes

Neither Fish Nor Fowl
June 28, 2023

With the upcoming release of Sounds Profitables study The Podcast Opportunity, Tom reflects on the idea of podcasting being considered neither fish nor fowl in the advertising world.

Spotify Shifts Podcast Strategy, & 2 Other Stories
June 23, 2023

Articles covered: Quick Hits:Registration is open for next weeks Sounds Profitable webinar for the upcoming study The Podcast Opportunity: Buyer Perceptions of Podcast Advertising. The presentation is on June 28th at 3p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The

Celebrity Podcasts: Successes or Sussexes?
June 21, 2023

What can we learn from the past about the future of celebrity podcasting?

Podcast Listeners Receptive to Political Ads & 2 Other Stories
June 16, 2023

The essential news from this week in the business of podcasting.

Unifying Programmatic Buying
June 13, 2023

Programmatic ad placement has been stuck on the waterfall for long enough. Its time to lay the foundation for Header Bidding in podcasting.

Spotify Downsizes 2% of Podcast Workforce & 2 Other Stories
June 08, 2023

Essential news from this week in the business of podcasting.

Podcasting's Biggest Opportunity
June 06, 2023

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 collaborate on first.

Australian Podcast Ad Spend Up 13% & 3 Other Stories
June 01, 2023

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 small put their resources into first-party data - Dig

The Complicated Role of AI in Podcasting
May 31, 2023

There has been much concern over how podcasting will implement AI. Tom breaks down the current landscape, as well as future symbiotic relationships.

A Rebuttal to Podcasting's "demise" & 2 Other Stories
May 25, 2023

This week on The Download: Advertisers and audiences refute the idea that podcasts are on the wane.NewsGuard: Programmatically-placed ads for major nonprofits and government orgs on dozens of misinformation websitesWhy Black creators say brands are