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Ken DoctorSeptember 15, 2016

A growing layer of technology will help determine where podcasting goes next

Shows are moving well beyond a simple MP3 file and an RSS feed. But will new data, targeting, discoverability, and social tools push podcasting in the direction of commercial radio? Part 4 of a five-part series on the business of on-demand audio.

Nicholas QuahSeptember 13, 2016

Hot Pod: Amazon’s next move is giving its Audible original programming to all Prime members

Plus: The economics of an independent podcast, a so-so new set of podcast advertising guidelines, and the rise of the “ear computer.”

Nicholas QuahJuly 5, 2016

Hot Pod: Will any of the companies trying to build the YouTube of podcasting succeed?

Plus: A look at the podcast network Relay FM, Questlove gets a new gig, and new open tools for transcriptions and tagging.

Nicholas QuahMay 10, 2016

Hot Pod: Like it or not, audio is entering the Content Wars. How do we navigate that fight?

Plus: A middle ground in appeals for data; BuzzFeed’s politics podcast for the non-wonk; reservations over dynamic ad insertion.

Joshua BentonNovember 18, 2015

Podcasting in 2015 feels a lot like blogging circa 2004: exciting, evolving, and trouble for incumbents

The same trends we saw a decade ago — professionalization on one hand, platformization on the other — sure seem to be playing out again.

Nicholas QuahSeptember 22, 2015

Hot Pod: This American Life’s audio hackathon, the end of an indie podcast, and Audible’s new hire

Everybody’s trying to figure out how to make audio more shareable. Will audio spread more widely if it’s producers doing the curation or listeners?

Twitter’s API changes will have a real impact on news developers

When your product depends on a (free) third-party platform, the rules can change at any time. Twitter’s are now. Andrew Phelps

Justin EllisJune 4, 2012

The commuter’s dilemma, solved: News.me and (now) Instapaper ready stories when you walk out the door

Thanks to geofencing, both apps are now able to update your stories when you leave home or work.

This Week in Review: Amazon’s challenge to the iPad, and Facebook’s ‘frictionless sharing’

Plus: Pew studies on declining trust in the media and local news consumption, Business Insider faces accusations of unethical aggregation, and the rest of the week’s media and tech news. Mark Coddington

Instapaper, Read It Later, Byliner: Platform founders on the pageview economics of time-shifted reading

A generation of tools make articles more readable by stripping away ads — but is it at the expense of publishers’ underlying economics? Lois Beckett

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