Sounds Profitable

Sounds Profitable

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Sounds Profitable episodes

  • Podcast Show London Debrief, Brief Spotify Outage, & More
    Today in the business of podcasting: reflections from Podcast Show London, Spotify experienced a short outage, Adam Bowie looks at the new Ofcom podcast listener report, and Shopify tops the Q1 2025 top podcast ad spender chart for Australia. 

    Find links to every article mentioned right here on SoundsProfitable.com
    7 min
  • Monetizing Your Podcast Globally
    From an undisclosed hotel room in Islington, Bryan Barletta debuts the Ad-Sales Partner Ecosystem and shares how you can get your company involved.

    Find the full article, infographic, and submission link here on SoundsProfitable.com
    • Written by Bryan Barletta
    • Edited and Narrated by Gavin Gaddis
      • 3 min
    • International Audio Listening, Book-Buying on Spotify, & More
      This week in the business of podcasting: a slew of international podcast listenership data, Spotify iOS users can now buy audiobooks direct, Amazon joins the Prebid party, and Sounds Profitable has a webinar coming up in a couple weeks. 

      Find links to everything mentioned at the newsletter page, available here on SoundsProfitable.com
      8 min
    • Australian Digital Audio 📈, UK Audio Listening Report, & More
      Today in the business of podcasting: Australian digital audio ad revenue is climbing, multiple new reports show UK podcast listenership continues to grow, and Amazon has officially enabled access to Prebid.

      Find links to every article mentioned right here with today's newsletter post on SoundsProfitable.com
      5 min
    • Channel 4 🔜 Podcasting, New IAB Digital Ad Agreements, & More
      Today in the business of podcasting: the IAB has open comments for their new Digital Advertising Agreements, Digiday covers the growing popularity of video podcasting with advertisers, Channel 4 is bringing their content to Spotify video podcasting, and Edison Research drops their quarterly UK top 25 podcast chart.

      You can find links to every article mentioned right here on SoundsProfitable.com
      6 min
    • Apple Podcast Design Docs, Buying 📚on Spotify iOS, & More
      Today in the business of podcasting: Spotify can now sell audiobooks directly in the iOS app, what the business of podcasting can learn from the New York Times' profile of Kara Swisher's podcast deal, and Apple Podcasts has new templates and a Canva partnership to help podcasters present their shows well. 

      Find links to every article mentioned right here on SoundsProfitable.com
      7 min
    • Podcasts in Times Square, Spotify Plays Updated, & More
      Today in the business of podcasting: a roundup of Podcast Show London resources, an interview about Amazon Music putting podcasts on a billboard in Times Square, Spotify is changing how they'll display view counts on podcasts, and agency executives expect sports to be a big player in this years' upfronts. 

      For links to every article mentioned, please visit here on SoundsProfitable.com
      6 min
    • Prepping for Podcast Show London, Reconsidering the Download, & More
      This week in the business of podcasting: we're prepping for The Podcast Show London, Tom Webster talks how to make your podcast events Events, Bumper talks about podcasting's need for a metric more inclusive than the download, and YouTube has launched a new weekly podcast chart. 

      Find links to every article mentioned here on SoundsProfitable.com
      9 min
    • Leveraging Podcast Events, Content Creators @ Upfronts, & More
      Today in the business of podcasting: what Bryan Barletta is doing at Podcast Show London, how to make Podcast Events special, YouTube now has a weekly podcast chart, how creator platforms are building out tech infrastrucutre to appeal to agencies, Toyota's branded podcast play with Latino audiences, and Acast introduces talent-voiced ads. 

      Find links to every article mentioned here on SoundsProfitable.com
      8 min
    • Eventful Podcasting
      A look at the power of doing live events for podcasting as an industry, as well as individual podcasts.


      • Written by Tom Webster
      • Edited by Gavin Gaddis
      • Audio edited by Gavin Gaddis
        • Sounds Profitable: Narrated Articles is a production of Sounds Profitable. For more information, visit soundsprofitable.com.
        8 min

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      The pace of change the podcast industry is undergoing is staggering. The implications for podcasters, hosting providers, podcast listening app developers, and advertisers and agencies are enormous.…