Growth-oriented podcast host Captivate has rolled out Captivate Monetization, a full suite of tools to help its podcasters earn ad revenue. This includes the Captivate Marketplace for direct sales between your podcast and advertisers (more information for advertisers here); Programmatic Advertising, an existing membership and tips tool, and a new campaign management feature for AMIE, the company’s dynamic content insertion engine. There will be a free webinar on Monday to learn more.
Yesterday, we mentioned a podcast that got $200,000 in crowdfunding, and jokingly suggested that fiction podcasts could also make do with some of it. Turns out they did: Julian Simpson’s The Lovecraft Investigations – a former BBC podcast – successfully crowdfunded $503,194 for a new independent season earlier this month.
iHeart has launched the iHeart Soccer Podcast Network as the FIFA World Cup knockout rounds begin. There are over twenty podcasts in English and Spanish. The company is the official radio partner for FOX’s coverage of the tournament in the US.
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From the airwaves: American Revolution Podcast Explores the events of the American Revolution from beginning to end. Recent episodes have featured Baton Rouge, Paulus Hook and Fort Lawrence.
https://op3.dev/e/podnews.net/tr/i42o9.mp3fast talk think smart It reaches its 300th episode with a special Ask Matt Anything episode, featuring questions from listeners around the world. In the episode, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Matt Abraham introduces the PREP framework and answers questions on word recall, public speaking nerves, storytelling, the impact of AI on communication, critical feedback, and gestures.
https://op3.dev/e/podnews.net/tr/i4gni.mp3of oxford road media roundtable This week we feature Steven Goldstein in the company’s latest effort to argue that downloads are past. AMP Group paper is in mid July.
In Bollywood through American eyesYou’ll join Amy, an American girl who discovers Bollywood one movie at a time. Experience Bollywood from a new perspective that blends curiosity, emotion and film analysis, through thoughtful conversations about Shah Rukh Khan, iconic romances, unforgettable characters and the life lessons hidden in Indian cinema.
