Podcast Business Journal Spotlight
The Podcast Business Journal has weekly interviews from the people that matter in the business of podcasting. Read the interviews every week, along with the latest news headlines and business data, by subscribing free at at https://podcastbusinessjournal.com - or hear selected interviews here. We're part of the Podnews Network. Hear daily news at https://podnews.net/listen
Episodes
We speak with George about his new podcast analytics tool.
https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews/george-lejnine/
We spoke with Brad about putting together 2,000 daily podcast episodes
Inception Point AI creates AI-generated podcast personalities and produces content across multiple platforms, claiming to operate the world's largest independent podcast company by show count with over 160,000 episodes. CEO Jeanine Wright acknowledges their early content quality was poor but argues they've improved significantly, comparing it to how traditional podcasters cringe at their first episodes. The company uses SEO-focused...
Tim is Executive Editor, Audio, at Radio New Zealand.
RNZ's new 17-episode podcast Nark tells the extraordinary story of New Zealand's first prison murder at Mt Eden in 1985, where burglar Ross Appelgren was convicted twice—and had both convictions quashed—for killing fellow inmate Darcy Te Hira. Appelgren went to his grave in 2013 maintaining his innocence, even escaping prison once to plead his case on radio. Now, thirteen years a...
There's a full link here: https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews/sari-azout/
Read this interview over here: https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews/brian-conlan/
James Burtt, founder of the newly launched Pivot Productions Group, shares his vision for transforming the podcasting landscape by helping celebrity talent maximize their earning potential through IP ownership rather than traditional pay-per-session models. Drawing inspiration from successful sports personalities like Peter Crouch and Gary Lineker's ventures, Burtt discusses the untapped opportunities in celebrity podcasting, the g...
Roger Nairn from JAR Podcast Solutions joins James Cridland to discuss the company's strategic rebrand from JAR Audio and their new systematic approach to branded podcasting. Nairn explains their JAR system (Job, Audience, Result) - a framework that treats podcasts as business solutions rather than marketing experiments.
The conversation explores how brands are increasingly demanding measurable ROI from their podcast investments, mo...
Sean King, GM of Media & Entertainment at Veritone, discusses how Amazon's recent Wondery restructuring reflects a strategic shift towards integrated audio ecosystems, consolidating their various platforms like Audible and Wondery to better navigate the evolving podcast landscape. He emphasizes that while host-read ads remain important, the industry needs a balanced advertising approach as audiences become increasingly fragment...
Pary chats to James Cridland about podcasting in Canada
Sam Sethi caught up with Anu Bhardwaj from SHEQONOMI, the world's first suite of mobile apps on Android, iOS, KaiOS, and JiOS focused on women-led podcasts powered by women targeting the bottom billion. This was first aired on the Podnews Weekly Review.
Stew Redwine is VP Creative Services at Oxford Road
Amelia talks about the Podscribe Performance Benchmarks for Q4 2023. They're here, free - https://podscribe.com/ppb-q4-2023
Daryl Battaglia is SVP of Measurement Products and Strategy at Triton Digital
Todd Cochrane is CEO of Blubrry Podcasting
How does the Edison Podcast Metrics ranker work? Hear exclusive data from the new UK list
Rebecca is an award-winning Executive Producer, Journalist and Host; in this interview with Sam Sethi she talks about how she got the job working with Harry and Meghan, and about wanting to help more women get involved in podcasting. This interview was first aired in the Podnews Weekly Review.
We spoke to the first ever podcaster, about podcasting 20 years ago and in the future.
Sam Sethi spoke to CEO of PodX Group, Staffan Rosell.
You can also read the interview here: https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews/staffan-rosell/ and subscribe to our weekly newsletter about the business of podcasting
This week, Sam Sethi speaks to Acast's SVP Marketing, Communications and Brand, Lizzy Pollott. We learn about conversational targeting and keyword targeting, and Acast’s view of the future.
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