Sounds Profitable

By Bryan BarlettaBusiness Technology

Sounds Profitable episodes

April 19, 2024 Sports Fans Love Audio, Creator Funding Surges, & More
Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting: U.S. creator funding surges, advertising space for the opening and closing Olympic ceremonies is sold out, The Sports Audio Report teaser has promising data for podcasting, and Rebecca Lavoie shares tips for reframing podcasting's place in the media ecosystem of a public radio station.

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9 min
April 18, 2024 UK Election Advertising, SXM Sports Audio Study, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: how UK podcasts navigate the country's election cycle, the latest on Sirius XM's upcoming Sports Audio Report, and James Chandler on why advertisers should include podcasting in their media plans this year.

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6 min
April 17, 2024 Digital Audio Ads Growing, JAR Audio Pilot Competition, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Adam Bowie goes over Ofcom's latest podcast survey, The Information finds US creator funding surges for the first time in two years, NAB panelists say appetite for digital audio advertising is growing, and Lower Street is hosting a Brand Podcast Summit ticket giveaway.

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4 min
April 16, 2024 IAB Revenue Report, ARN Path to SCA, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: the IAB publishes their 2024 Internet Advertising Revenue Report, Morgan Stanley weighs in on the proposed ARN acquistion of SCA, and Digiday breaks down WTF is the American Privacy Rights Act.

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5 min
April 15, 2024 IAB's Podcast Upfront, Olympic Ads Selling Fast, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: what to expect from the 2024 IAB Podcast Upfront, Jordan Harbinger's three lessons to podcast advertisers, Rebecca Lavoie's tips for public radio station podcast success, and NBCUniversal reports they've sold out all digital and linear ad inventory for the 2024 Paris Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.

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5 min
April 12, 2024 The Roost Acquired by Night, True Crime's Success in Podcasting, & More
Here's what you need to know for this week in the business of podcasting: CBS's success with 48 Hours and how broadcast-to-podcast works best, this week in podcast acquistions with The Roost and Neon Hum, The Breakfast Club flexes podcastings' journalistic might, Signal Hill Inights tests the power of 'talent-read' ads, and Gen Alpha's getting into sports.

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10 min
April 11, 2024 Gumball's Campaign Builder, RadioDays NA's Podcast Summit, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: Bryan Barletta interviews Gumball CEO Marty Michael about the company's new Campaign Builder, Substack announces new Spotify integration, Radiodays North America to feature a seperately-ticketed podcast summit, the hard numbers on YouTube Shorts, and why women are driving True Crime's growth.

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6 min
April 10, 2024 Bartlett Founds Flight Studio, New Podcast Ad Research, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: CBS finds podcasting success with 48 Hours, what ID5's fundraising means for podcasting, Signal Hill Insights tests the power of "talent read" ads, and Steven Bartlett teams up with Telling Media co-founders to launch Flight Studio.

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5 min
April 10, 2024How to Embiggen Podcasting
Being overly restrictive of what ‘counts’ as a podcast could lead to the medium going the way of the blog. Tom Webster’s keynote presentation from Evolutions by Podcast Movement breaks down how we can embigify the industry.
Written by Tom Webster
Edited by Gavin Gaddis
Audio edited by Gavin Gaddis
Hosted by Spreaker

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8 min
April 09, 2024 Night Acquires The Roost, Gen Alpha's Loving Sports, & More
Here's what you need to know for today in the business of podcasting: The Roost has been acquired by Night Talent Management, Podcasting's open internet heritage, the lack of serial in Serial, Gen Alpha's growing sports fandom, and the trouble with trying to change TV upfronts.

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6 min

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