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Subscription podcasting is not a breakout success
- It’s difficult to create a subscription service to monetize a podcast because there are so many podcasts that deliver lots of great content for free
from Journalism, Subscriptions, and Podcasting with Li Jin and Nathan Baschez by Nathan Baschez
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- I’m honestly baffled the company managed to raise more money no matter the terms." Thompson was discussing Luminary, a podcasting app that raised another $30 million despite the odds against it. A Nieman Lab report included hard numbers: a pre-COVID $4m monthly spend to acquire just 80,000 paid users (compare this to the Spotify ecosystem seen belo... See more
from Joe Rogan and Spotify, Luminary and Howard Stern, Apple’s Response by Ben Thompson
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- Luminary raised hundreds of millions to become to the “Netflix of podcasts” But… it’s not really working
from Daniel Ek – The Future of Audio - [Invest Like the Best, EP.147] by Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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