Sounds Profitable

Updated: 18 Apr 2025 • 703 episodes
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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? Assumptions and conventional wisdom will be challenged. Easy answers with no proof of efficacy will be exposed. Because the thinking that got podcast advertising close to a billion dollars annually will need to be drastically overhauled to bring in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars podcast advertising deserves.

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This week in the business of podcasting: Surveying the Podcast Advertising Landscape, Podcasters Caught in Copyright Crossfire. The IAB Podcast Upfront Up and Moved, and “Live” is thriving in television.  For every article mentioned, visit here on Sounds Profitable.

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Today in the business of podcasting: Podcast advertising's multimedia multitool functionality, CTV transparency a growing concern, and the rise of "link in bio" affiliate marketing.  Find links to all articles mentioned here on Sounds Profitable. 

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The Advertising Landscape shows that not only is podcasting an option for advertisers, it's a rare multitool in a world of single-use options.  Written by Tom WebsterEdited by Gavin GaddisAudio edited by Gavin GaddisHosted by SpreakerSounds Profitable: Narrated Articles is a production of Sounds Profitable. For more in

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Today in the business of podcasting: The Advertiser Landscape is now here, Spotify experienced a global outage today, why YouTube podcast ads matter, 77% of companies have increased ther influencer spending this year, and Nielsen provides a look at TV's growth last month.  Find links to every article mentioned here on

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Today in the business of podcasting: An interview with The Fantasy Footballers, creators rethink their revenue mix, the IAB has moved this year's Podcast Upfront, a look at parasocial relationship-courting "podcast girlies", and a Coworking interview with Christian Swain.  Find links to every aritcle mentioned here on

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Today in the business of podcasting: Podcasts caught in the crossfire of a legal spat with Spotify, publishers are relying less on total ad revenue as a measuring stick, tweens are hosting podcasts, young Americans follow partisan lines when it comes to podcast listening, and your audience doesn't need you anymore.  Re

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