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Sounds Profitable

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. And so is the growth potential. Presented as a companion to the weekly newsletter of the same name, our podcast provides you with direct access to our narrated articles, interviews with industry experts, bleeding-edge research, and can"t miss industry news recaps. That Sounds Profitable, right

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19:47

The Low-Down From 'The Download' Team at Sounds...

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2022/03/13

Manuela Bedoya, Shreya Sharma, and Gavin Gaddis are on the show today, chatting with Bryan Barletta about our newest podcast, The Download. If this is your first time hearing about it, The Download is our weekly podcast about the business of podcasting. It started in December, and was initially hosted by Evo Terra and Bryan Barletta. We quickly decided to bring in Sharma, Bedoya, and Gaddis to the production and hosting team. In this chat, learn more about the team behind The Download and why we

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9:39

Ad Tech Firms Under Fire For Data Scraping + 5 more...

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2022/03/11

Today on The Download from Sounds Profitable; ad tech firms are under fire for data scraping, Amazon joins the social audio market, YouTube is paying podcasters to incorporate video, and more. Morning Brew’s Ryan Barwick reports that trade groups acting on behalf of publishers from the US, UK, and Canada are accusing ad-tech firms of unfairly scraping metadata from websites Once collected, this allegedly ill-gotten data is used to create contextual advertising segments for clients without the

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11:28

The Care And Feeding Of A Podcast Audience

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2022/03/11

Register for the 2022 Infinite Dial presentation here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-infinite-dial-2022-tickets-290830069567?aff=edisonnewsletter&__s=xxxxxxxThe top podcast networks, by reach: https://www.edisonresearch.com/u-s-top-podcast-networks-by-reach-q4-2021/The difficulty of "hits" in podcasting: https://tomwebster.media/the-oversimplified-superstring-hit-incubation-theory-of-podcasting/Support the show! Buy Walnut a treat! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TomwebsterSee

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23:09

Unpacking Podcasting’s Good Data w/ Caila Litman

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2022/03/06

Caila Litman, author of Sounds Profitable's #GoodData series and longtime podcast industry professional, is on the show today. It's a special episode—sans regular host Bryan Barletta. Caila and Arielle Nissenblatt, who you usually hear at the top and bottom of each episode, discuss all things Good Data. If you've been wondering how our Good Data series came to be and what our goals are for it, this episode is for you. Listen in to learn about: How Caila finds, dissects, and evaluates dataCaila's

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10:16

Big Name Podcasts Gets Big Numbers + 5 other stories...

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2022/03/04

Today on The Download from Sounds Profitable; big names in podcasting are pulling down big numbers in ad revenue, Meta and Mozilla have teamed up to change advertising privacy, and TikTok might not be the #1 place to take short-form podcast content.

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16:32

What Podcasting's Best Customers Think Of Podcast Ads

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2022/03/04

The full Super Listeners Study is available here: https://www.edisonresearch.com/super-listeners-2021-from-edison-research-and-ad-results-media/Support the show at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TomwebsterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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39:42

Radio Teaching Podcasting Lessons w/ Pierre Bouvard

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2022/02/27

Pierre Bouvard, Chief Insights Officer at Cumulus Media, is on the show today to speak with Bryan Barletta about what podcasting can learn from radio and other legacy media. Bouvard develops media and marketing insights to support Cumulus's 1300+ media sellers. He works with brands and agencies to craft targeting and measurement solutions. As always, Arielle Nissenblatt joins Bryan at the top of the show to introduce the conversation. She then rejoins after the chat to break it all down, giving

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7:05

Libsyn Grows Monetization + 4 more stories for Feb...

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2022/02/25

Today on The Download, Libsyn grows monetization, LinkedIn launches a podcast network, and what the new Privacy Sandbox feature for Android means for marketers. Let’s get started. Libsyn has bought another podcast representation firm, this time acquiring PAR - Podcast Ad Reps. With the acquisition LibSyn brings around 120 podcasts that were currently under representation with PAR under the LibSyn-owned AdvertiseCast banner, further building out the company’s monetization arm. According to Libsyn

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36:01

Solving For Pain Points w/ Sean Howard

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2022/02/20

Sean Howard, founder of Flightpath and of Fable and Folly, talks with Bryan about solving for pain points in adtech, collaboration with your competitors, and how we're truly only at the beginning of podcasting. Sean Howard of Flightpath Credits: Hosted by Bryan Barletta of Sounds Profitable - bryan@soundsprofitable.comand Arielle NissenblattAudio engineering by Ian PowellExecutive produced by Evo Terra of Simpler MediaSpecial thanks to James Cridland of PodnewsPodcast hosting and dynamic insertion

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8:50

Amazon Exclusivity Deals Galore + 4 more stories for...

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2022/02/18

Today on The Download, Amazon continues their streak of signing exclusivity deals, agents are becoming more of a common site in podcasting, and Spotify buys both Podsights and Charitable. Good news for those who missed Ad Result Media and Edison Research’s big webinar on 2021 data from Super Listeners: Caila Litman live-tweeted the event! Litman, author of Sound Profitable’s column #GoodData, posted a thread of 17 tweets containing screenshots and quotes full of juicy data. According to the thread,

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28:17

Programmatic and Transparency w/ Jordan Bentley

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2022/02/13

Jordan Bentley, Founder of Audiohook, talks with Bryan about transparency, waterfalls, programmatic advertising, and how Podcasting still has a chance to start things the right way to lead to a better future. Jordan Bentley of Audiohook Credits: Hosted by Bryan Barletta of Sounds Profitable - bryan@soundsprofitable.comand Arielle NissenblattAudio engineering by Ian PowellExecutive produced by Evo Terra of Simpler MediaSpecial thanks to James Cridland of PodnewsPodcast hosting and dynamic insertion

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7:09

SmartLess Media Launch + 4 more stories for Feb 11, 2022

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2022/02/11

Today on The Download: Today: Amazon inherits a celeb-powered podcasting company, new ad revenue numbers forecast good news for podcast investment, and a new op-ed asks where has Facebook’s fervor for podcasting gone? Celebrity chat podcast Smartless, hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes, recently launched production house SmartLess Media. With former Jon Stewart-era Daily Show producer Richard Korson at the reins as president, SmartLess Media is poised to add multiple new stars to

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36:30

Disinformation and Ad Accountability w/ Claire Atkin

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2022/02/06

Claire Atkin, co-founder of the brilliant non-profit Check My Ads, talks with Bryan about disinformation, ad accountability, and the steps you should be taking to make sure your brand is being seen where you want it to. Claire Atkin of Check My AdsLink discussed in Episode:https://checkmyads.org/branded/ Credits: Hosted by Bryan Barletta of Sounds Profitable - bryan@soundsprofitable.comand Arielle NissenblattAudio engineering by Ian PowellExecutive produced by Evo Terra of Simpler MediaSpecial

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9:12

Is The IAB On Borrowed Time? + 4 more stories for Feb...

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2022/02/04

Today on The Download: is the IAB on borrowed time?, podcast ads see big gains again, Google makes misinformation less profitable, podcasts grow globally, SXM enters the identity game, and Spotify stands behind Rogan even as earnings fall. Let's get started. Neilsen spells doom for IAB In the world of TV, Nielsen measurement has been the defacto solution that deals are guaranteed against for decades. But now, according to

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8:07

Scattered To The Wind

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2022/02/04

Register for the Super Listeners webinar (free presentation on Feb 16)We WANT TO BE FREE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsHly9UuQ-ASupport the show at Buy Me A Coffee!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:20

HBO Gets Serious About Podcasting + 4 more stories...

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2022/01/28

Today on The Download: is the IAB on borrowed time?, podcast ads see big gains again, Google makes misinformation less profitable, podcasts grow globally, SXM enters the identity game, and Spotify stands behind Rogan even as earnings fall. HBO Max is Hiring For Their Podcast Marketing Team Subscription streaming video service HBO Max continues to prove its serious about podcasting. Their first venture into the space dropped last summer with Batman: The Audio Adventures, an exclusive podcast that

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42:54

A Deep Dive on Device Graphs w/ Chase Miller of Claritas

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2022/01/23

Chase Miller, EVP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Claritas, joins us for our latest product deepdive. We talk about device graphs, legacy, "The Barletta Household", and why having good data is so incredibly important.Think of the product deepdives like the final meeting your company would have with an adtech vendor, fully running through what the product actually is and how it’s used. No power points, press releases, or marketing presentations here. It’s time for some detailed product

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23:52

The Oversimplified Superstring Hit Incubation Theory...

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2022/01/21

The "podcasting isn't creating new hits" article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-01-09/podcasting-hasn-t-produced-a-new-hit-in-years2021 Top Movies: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/box-office/highest-grossing-movies-of-2021/#2-shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings2020-21 Top TV Shows: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/most-popular-tv-shows-highest-rated-2020-2021-season-1234980743/Larry Rosin's article:

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6:25

Audible Stops Making Audio NYT + 4 more stories on...

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2022/01/14

This is The Download from Sounds Profitable, the most important business news from the world of podcasting, I'm Bryan Barletta.And I'm Evo Terra. Today; Audible moves away from daily news digests, Audioboom's profit soars, how podcast advertising needs to write its own future, and two more pieces you don't want to miss. Let's get started.In GeekWire, Todd Bishop reports that Audible will stop making and distributing their audio digest versions of The New York Times, a service they had been providing

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23:20

The Best Schnitzel In Detroit

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2022/01/07

I'd love it if you would subscribe to the newsletter version of I Hear Things, at https://tomwebster.media. You can find all of the data cited in this week's episode there in the article with the same title (The Best Schnitzel in Detroit.)You can also support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TomwebsterThe "Who Doesn't Like Pizza" piece: https://tomwebster.media/no-one-likes-pizza/The best schnitzel I've had: https://www.gasthaus-reinthaler.atSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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