Commentary

Triton Digital’s June Podcast Ranker Keeps iHeart Audience Network on Top, Pushes ‘My Favorite Murder’ Into the Top Three

Triton Digital has released its U.S. Podcast Ranker for June 2026, showing iHeart Audience Network holding...

Commentary

Quince Tops Podcast Advertiser Rankings for Third Time in 2026, Research Finds

Podcast advertisers among the top 15 brands spent an estimated $60 million in June 2026, with...

Tech

Sapir Tori on Building Zano to Replace the Excel Sheets Running a $30B Industry 

A six-figure deal between two talent agencies collapsed at a dinner in Amsterdam because neither side...

Commentary

Podcast Hosts Now Twice as Influential as Social Media Stars, Report Finds

Weekly podcast consumers rate podcast hosts as more influential than any other media figure, including social...

Tech

Podrophenia Launches as New Creator-Led Podcast Studio Backed by Elvis Duran, Paul Heyman

Radio host Elvis Duran has partnered with WWE personality Paul Heyman and production company MCM Studios...

Tech

Kerri’s Brian D’Erario on Why Audience Quality Beats Audience Size in B2B Media

Kerri, a media holding company launched in November 2025 by former Arkaea Media Chief Business Officer...

Talent Collectives

Michael Strahan Launches Podcast Under SMAC’s New Network With Sinclair’s AMP Media

Michael Strahan is adding podcast host to his résumé. The “Good Morning America” anchor will co-host...

Tech

Jared Gutstadt Has Seen Creative Industries Democratized Before. He Thinks Podcasting Is Next

Jared Gutstadt spent the first half of 2026 building an AI platform that lets anyone launch...

Commentary

London Podcast Festival Returns in September With Jameela Jamil, Caitlin Moran and ‘No Such Thing As A Fish’

The London Podcast Festival will return to Kings Place from September 3 to 13, 2026, marking...

Commentary

Podcast Movement Opens Public Voting for September Conference Sessions

Podcast Movement has opened public voting for speaker sessions at its 2026 conference, taking place September...

Commentary

NPR Places Three Shows in Podcast Audio Reach Top 10 for June 2026

Three NPR podcasts ranked among the ten largest shows by audio reach in June 2026, as...

Tech

How RedCircle Automated Podcast Advertising Without Automating Away What Makes It Work

Running a host-read podcast advertising campaign across dozens of independent shows requires hundreds of back-and-forth emails,...

Brand

HappyNest Entertainment Expands Kids & Family Slate With Space Camp, R.L. Stine, and Louie and Bear Franchises

HappyNest Entertainment announced an expanded development slate, adding the Space Camp brand, a project based on...

Technology

Podcasting Platform Riverside Expands Into Publishing and Distribution

Riverside is extending its platform beyond recording and editing into publishing and distribution for the first...

Agency

True Native Media’s Heather Osgood Explains Where Brands Go Wrong With Podcast Ads 

U.S. podcast consumption reached an all-time high in 2026, with 167 million Americans (58%) listening each...

Commentary

Podcast Retargeting Outperforms Standard Campaigns by Up to 7x as YouTube Simulcasting Reaches New Highs

Podcast advertisers deploying site visitor retargeting campaigns see dramatically stronger performance than standard buys, while YouTube...

Tech

PAVE Studios Taps Supporting Cast to Power ‘Crime House’ Subscriptions as Podcast Publishers Bet on Direct Revenue

PAVE Studios has selected Supporting Cast to provide subscription infrastructure for “Crime House,” the company’s true...

Tech

The Podcast Consultant Is Acquiring Its Way to Scale, and CEO Karl Hughes Has Already Mapped the Risks

Most business podcasts fail not because of poor production, but because brands quit. Karl Hughes is...

Talent Collectives

Goalhanger Selects Six Creators for Inaugural ‘Accelerator’ Cohort

Goalhanger, a London-based podcast and media company, has named six creators for the inaugural cohort of...

Commentary

Communities Become Strategic Business Tool as Brand Marketers Shift Focus From Growth to Experience, Research Finds

Community platforms are moving from optional brand extensions to core business infrastructure, according to new research...

Commentary

Triton Digital May 2026 U.S. Podcast Ranker: iHeart Audience Network Holds #1 With Over 66M Weekly Downloads

Triton Digital has released its “May 2026 U.S. Podcast Ranker,” covering the period from May 4...

Commentary

YouTube Accounts for 40% of Podcast Discovery as Social Video Displaces Traditional Channels, Study Finds

YouTube accounted for 40% of favorite-show discovery among U.S. podcast listeners, roughly double the share of...

Tech

Media Monetization Firm Mission Media Unveils Content Hub for Podcast Advertisers

Mission Media AI has launched Content Hub, a proprietary platform designed to help advertisers and agencies...

Agency

UTA Debuts Cannes Beach Space With Creator Lounge, Podcast Studio

United Talent Agency (UTA) is opening its first branded beach activation at Cannes Lions 2026, replacing...

Commentary

Podcast Audiences Are Buying Into the Host … Brands May Need to Do the Same

A new Edison Research report on podcast consumption shows a medium that is growing across age...