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Nicholas QuahMarch 26, 2019

Spotify is still hungry for podcast companies, gobbling up Parcast

Plus: Gimlet pushes back on its aspirant union, Acast gets more continental, and Joe Rogan’s galaxy brain.

Caroline CramptonMarch 26, 2019

The great British brush-off: The BBC and Google are fighting over who gets to control the podcast experience

Which is more important for a public broadcaster: distributing its content as widely as possible or putting its own interests above a tech company’s?

Ken DoctorDecember 19, 2018

Newsonomics: 18 lessons for the news business from 2018

From paywalls to politics, pipes companies to public radio, the Post to The Post, podcasting to partnerships, and the press to a president.

Nicholas QuahDecember 4, 2018

A year in, Apple’s podcast analytics have been an evolution, not a revolution

Plus: The BBC is fully on board with podcasting now, Serial has its biggest season yet, and boy, the new Ron Burgundy podcast escalated quickly.

Christine SchmidtNovember 28, 2018

35 prototypes, one year, and lots learned: The BBC puts its mobile storytelling plan in action

In the BBC’s final two experimental rounds, the R&D team focused on 1) tweaking the stories based on each reader’s information needs and 2) breaking down the news into more digestible bits.

Tara GeorgeOctober 31, 2018

How the BBC built one of the world’s largest collaborative journalism efforts focused entirely on local news

News publishers of all sizes are partnering to “save democracy” at the local level; more than 35,000 stories have been published.

Nicholas QuahOctober 16, 2018

“Yelling at her family in public, in your headphones”: Reality TV comes to podcasts

Plus: The state of Slate, Podtrac wariness, and national/local podcast collaborations.

Christine SchmidtJuly 24, 2018

12 prototypes, eight weeks, and lots of tapping: What’s worked (and hasn’t) in the BBC’s quest for new storytelling formats

A highlight in an article that reveals context when it’s clicked. A video with a scrollable transcript that speeds up or reverses the video, too. A movie trailer–like intro, drawing readers into the setup of the story. Which ones worked?

Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

Nicholas QuahMay 1, 2018

Google wants to do for podcasts on Android what Apple did for podcasts on iOS

Plus: the BBC moves to monetize outside the U.K., talent agencies keep moving in, and 50 billion is a big number.

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