podcasts: past, present and future
The opportunity for podcasts will get much, much bigger
Podcast revenues are expected to exceed $2B in 2022. YouTube, on the other hand, generated nearly $29B in video ad revenue in 2021 alone. In other words, the video market is vastly bigger than the podcast market. As more and more podcasters turn to video, more revenue will be unlocked for... See more
Podcast revenues are expected to exceed $2B in 2022. YouTube, on the other hand, generated nearly $29B in video ad revenue in 2021 alone. In other words, the video market is vastly bigger than the podcast market. As more and more podcasters turn to video, more revenue will be unlocked for... See more
Michael Mignano • All Podcast Roads Lead to Video
The sound experience Ferme les yeux et regarde, an immersive podcast by the studio Nuits Noires , seeks to offer a new way of observing art—not through sight, but through sound alone. By focusing on a single sense, it allows the listener's imagination to fully unfold.
Reclaiming Our Senses in a Digital World
“Community is what happens when you do what you love together.”
– Pete Davis
It would be too easy to blame this entirely on podcasts, so I won’t. I’m going to blame it mostly on podcasts, partly on audiobooks and partly on devices that allowed you to carry TV round the house with you.
Lauren Bravo • Hey Mr DJ, put a podcast on
did podcasts kill music?
- The live stream for The Rest is Politics ▸ during the presidential election saw 2mn views over an 18-hour period. The podcast got an additional 600,000 downloads during that time. You can catch up with part one and part two; and on Spotify. It was produced by Dizplai at Spotify’s NYC studios.
Podcast ads are “too difficult to buy”
“I think of those Vanity Fair days as the dinosaur days. They were the great days of Condé Nast, and they were so much fun. It wasn't just about the expense accounts, it was about the freedom and joy of only having to really think about the content, the hiring of the writers, how your cover was going to look, and what was going to be in the... See more
Tina Brown on intellectual serendipity, the Elon Musk era and why "magazines are mostly done"
Will podcasts go away?
In a world where every podcast includes video, every platform supports video, and video-first shows are more engaging for users (and therefore more valuable for creators), it’s fair to wonder if people will stop making “podcasts” as we know them today. Today a podcast is an episode of audio content featuring people talking.... See more
In a world where every podcast includes video, every platform supports video, and video-first shows are more engaging for users (and therefore more valuable for creators), it’s fair to wonder if people will stop making “podcasts” as we know them today. Today a podcast is an episode of audio content featuring people talking.... See more
Michael Mignano • All Podcast Roads Lead to Video
