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Joshua BentonAugust 6, 2020

In the arena: Ken Doctor is moving from “media analyst” to “media CEO” with Lookout, his plan for quality local news

Lookout doesn’t want its local news sites to be a supplement or alternative to the local daily. They aim to be the news source of record in their communities, outgunning their shrunken newsprint rivals from Day 1.

Jake ShapiroAugust 12, 2019

PodPass wants to build the identity layer for podcasting (before some big tech company does it first)

“Ultimately, we hope that a critical mass of podcasters, hosting providers, and apps/platforms will help shape and adopt PodPass as a generative strategy to expand podcasting — creating more value for listeners and creators alike.”

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.

Nicholas QuahJune 26, 2018

RadioPublic opens up a new investment platform so individual users can get a stake

Plus: Civil + podcasts, Anchor’s troublesome TOS, and IAB’s standards.

Nicholas QuahFebruary 6, 2018

Can public radio powerhouse WNYC navigate a crisis of its own making?

Plus: RadioPublic stands up for the little guys, everybody’s going Hollywood, and Gannett wants to build “The Wire” (but non-fiction).

Nicholas QuahAugust 22, 2017

The daily podcaster’s choice: Try to fit in listeners’ crowded mornings or tackle the evening commute?

Plus: Radiotopia’s Millennial comes to a close, another podcast-to-TV adaptation, and reaching the growing audience of young, middle-class Latinos.

Nicholas QuahMay 9, 2017

So how in the world do you break into a career in podcasting, anyway?

Plus: Getting podcast recs at hotel check-in, a bilingual radionovela, S-Town hits 40 million downloads, and Invisibilia gets ready to return.

Nicholas QuahFebruary 28, 2017

Is Spotify’s move into original podcasts a pure platform play or something more open?

Plus: A new season of shows from Gimlet, award-winning audio fiction, and NPR’s Embedded returns.

Nicholas QuahJanuary 31, 2017

A report on podcasting details some of the industry’s issues: diversity, talent, tech, and (oh yeah) money

Plus: iHeartRadio digs deeper into on-demand audio, Gimlet deals with another cancellation, and even a small public radio station is finding success in true-crime podcasts.

Nicholas QuahDecember 6, 2016

Hot Pod: Macmillan’s new network shows how podcasts can be a logical next step for book publishers

Plus: “The number of potential distribution points for on-demand audio is kinda getting out of hand.”

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