August
PODTRAC has released its AUGUST 2018 ranking of the Top 20 podcasts.
For AUGUST, THE NEW YORK TIMES' THE DAILY and THIS AMERICAN LIFE swap spots at the top of the chart and THE WAY I HEARD IT WITH MIKE ROWE and SWORD AND SCALE rejoin the top 20, while DAN CARLIN'S HARDCORE HISTORY and TED TALKS DAILY, which entered the top 20 last month, drop out this time around.
The complete AUGUST list (with the usual caveat that the rankings are determined by a proprietary PODTRAC ... more »
Trial Coverage
CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WBEZ/CHICAGO and the CHICAGO TRIBUNE's "16 SHOTS" podcast is covering the trial of CHICAGO Police Officer JASON VAN DYKE for the caught-on-video shooting in OCTOBER 2014 of 17-year-old LAQUAN MCDONALD, and the show is posting episodes covering every stage of the trial. The podcast, hosted by "MAKING OBAMA" host JENN WHITE, debuted in AUGUST with episodes recounting the incident, interviewing VAN DYKE, explaining the CHICAGO POLICE ... more »
CROSSOVER MEDIA GROUP SALES has added advertising representation duties for the SPORTS BYLINE USA network and the BLUE WIRE sports podcast network. Under the agreements, CMGS will sell ads for SPORTS BYLINE USA's syndicated radio programming and for BLUE WIRE, the podcast network founded by former KNBR-A/SAN FRANCISCO host KEVIN JONES including "COFFEE HOUSE STUNT WITH TED NGUYEN," "TRIPLE ALLEY REPORT WITH RAY WOODSON," and "THE KEVIN JONES ... more »
Podcast Division
While SLATE's PANOPLY is getting out of the podcast network business (NET NEWS 9/12) and iHEARTMEDIA is buying in with STUFF MEDIA (NET NEWS 9/13), ENDEAVOR is jumping in with a new podcast division, ENDEAVOR AUDIO, that aims to develop, produce, and distribute podcasts with an eye towards turning some into TV and film projects as well. THE NEW YORK TIMES reports that ARI EMANUEL's company, which, through its WME division represents podcasters MALCOLM GLADWELL and CROOKED MEDIA ... more »
Top 20
TRITON DIGITAL has released its monthly digital audio Top 20 Ranker for JUNE 2018. The Ranker is a listing of the top-performing digital audio stations and networks measured by the Webcast Metrics audience measurement platform. All metrics within the Webcast Metrics rankers include both ad supported and non-ad supported listening, globally, and in the U.S.
The Top 20 In The U.S.
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Seth Resler
THE WORLDWIDE RADIO SUMMIT: Backstage Interviews podcast has returned for a fourth season. Hosted by JACOBS MEDIA Digital Dot Connector and ALL ACCESS columnist SETH RESLER, the podcast features backstage interviews with speakers from the 2018 summit.
This season’s podcast will feature candid conversations about the state of the radio industry with representatives from NIELSEN, FORD, THE ATLAS TALENT AGENCY, EMMIS Top 40/R WQHT (HOT 97)/NEW YORK, NUVOODOO and more. The season kicks off with RESLER’s interview with iHEARTMEDIA EVP/Programming Operations JON ZELLNER.
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NPR has upped COO LOREN MAYOR to Pres./Operations. MAYOR joined NPR six years ago from PBS and served as SVP/Strategy before being named COO; before PBS, she worked at the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING and MCKINSEY AND CO. Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel JON HART and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer GRACIELA MONTGOMERY now report to MAYOR. NPR Pres./ CEO JARL MOHN said, "LOREN is recognized both inside NPR and across the public radio system for her ... more »
Now At PodcastOne
The latest addition to PODCASTONE's roster is celebrity divorce attorney LAURA WASSER's "DIVORCE SUCKS!," joining the network MONDAY (9/17). The show has been posting intermittently since MARCH 29th but will move to weekly status on MONDAY with an episode featuring KRIS JENNER.
“I’m incredibly excited to have begun working with the PodcastOne team and share our DIVORCE SUCKS! subjects with a broader and more diverse audience,” said WASSER. “How fitting that this partnership is launched with the KRIS JENNER episode? As a businessperson, a parent and one who has braved and conquered new beginnings in many instances, KRIS is an inspiration personally and professionally.”
New
CBS SPORTS RADIO's JIM ROME and former DENVER BRONCOS, BALTIMORE RAVENS, and NEW YORK JETS defensive lineman TREVOR PRYCE are hosting a new football podcast for WESTWOOD ONE PODCAST NETWORK. "RPO," in this case standing not for the usual Run-Pass Option but for "ROME PRYCE OPINION," debuted MONDAY (9/10) and will post MONDAYS for 20 weeks to cover the NFL season through the playoffs and SUPER BOWL. “JIM and TREVOR will engage listeners with ... more »
iHeart Acquisition
iHEARTMEDIA has announced a deal to buy leading podcast network HOWSTUFFWORKS parent STUFF MEDIA, LLC. for $55 million. The deal adds HOWSTUFFWORKS' popular podcasts, including "STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW," "STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS," and the TENDERFOOT TV co-production "ATLANTA MONSTER," to iHEART's podcast roster, but will retain HOWSTUFFWORKS branding and remain headquartered in ATLANTA. The deal must be approved by Bankruptcy ... more »
SLATE GROUP Chairman and Editor-in-Chief JACOB WEISBERG has tweeted that he is leaving the company after 22 years to start an audio company with author and "REVISIONIST HISTORY" podcast creator MALCOLM GLADWELL. Under WEISBERG, SLATE launched the PANOPLY podcast network and its MEGAPHONE podcast platform.
Meanwhile, the move appears to be accompanied by a shift by SLATE away from producing podcast content and a concentration on the MEGAPHONE technology. Reports ... more »
Competition
The THIRD COAST INTERNATIONAL AUDIO FESTIVAL has announced the winners of the 2018 THIRD COAST/RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION Competition, but it won't disclose who won which award -- Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention, Foreign Language), Best New Artist, Radio Impact, Best News Feature, Skylarking and the new Best Serialized Story -- until an awards ceremony OCTOBER 6th in CHICAGO. "NANCY" podcast hosts TOBIN LOW and KATHY TU will host the ... more »
Summit
The NAB's PILOT technology innovation initiative is partnering with the LOCAL MEDIA ASSOCIATION to host a "Voice Summit" on DECEMBER 11th in WASHINGTON, D.C.. The program will, according to an NAB release, "examine strategies and opportunities for local media organizations to capitalize on the growth of new voice platforms." Among the presenters and panelists at the event will be NPR's TAMAR CHARNEY and JOE SUCHERMAN, THE WASHINGTON POST's ... more »
New Shows
CROSSOVER MEDIA GROUP SALES has added four new political talk shows to its roster of podcasts and streaming shows for production and ad sales.
The shows include a podcast from CNN and ABC commentator, former Republican CAPITOL HILL Communications Director, and prominent "Never-TRUMPer" TARA SETMAYER, "HONESTLY SPEAKING"; Former CNN analyst and TV ONE anchor ROLAND S. MARTIN's "ROLAND MARTIN UNFILTERED," a daily hour-long show airing live at 6p (ET) ... more »
PODTRAC has released its AUGUST 2018 ranking of the Top 20 podcast publishers.
The Top 10 saw continued upward movement, from 8th in JUNE to 4th in JULY and now second to NPR, for iHEARTRADIO; also making a sharp upward move was THE NEW YORK TIMES, now third, with PRX and WNYC STUDIOS (despite increasing its audience) dropping. iHEARTRADIO, the TIMES, WNYC, and BARSTOOL SPORTS showed audience gains month-to-month while the rest were either flat or slightly down. Total global ... more »
