The iHeartPodcast Network serves Hispanic audiences with a slate of iHeartRadio Original Podcasts from Enrique Santos; and inks a multi-year development, co-production, distribution and sales partnership with reVOLVER Podcasts Audio Network iHeartMedia, the leading audio company in America and No. 1 commercial podcast publisher, announced two new efforts aimed at expanding the iHeartPodcast Network with more Spanish-language and Hispanic-focused offerings. With the increasing importance and size of the U.S. Hispanic…

High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures, and SaaS industry leaders infuse Casted with growth capital for category-leading podcasting platform Casted, the first SaaS (software-as-a-service) marketing platform for branded podcasts, today announces $2.35 million in seed funding as it launches from the High Alpha venture studio. The round included institutional and individual investors, including High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures, Tappan Hill Ventures, and other leading SaaS angel investors. “In recent years, we have all seen…

Unleash brings together more than 3,000 sales and customer professionals for three days of learning, discussions of best practices, and networking in San Diego Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform, announced the speaker lineup for its annual conference, Unleash. Unleash brings together the best sales, operations, marketing, and success leaders from across the sales industry. Unleash provides an opportunity to learn best practices while connecting with leaders from fast-growing startups to Fortune 500…

Thryv CEO and President Joe Walsh joined Gordon Borrell and Corey Elliott, hosts of the Local Marketing Trends podcast, for a look at small businesses and how the tools they use to run and grow have changed – from printed yellow pages directories to digital marketing solutions and, most recently, Software as a Service (SaaS). In Episode 13: Tough Lessons on Transformation from a Guy in the Hotseat – Thryv CEO Joe Walsh, Walsh discusses the steps his company has taken to control the decline of the print product, tackle…

Service Provides Podcasters and Brands With Compelling Insights Matching Podcast Listeners by Genre With Their Buying Habits Nielsen announced that IPG Mediabrands (IPG) is now a subscriber to the Nielsen Podcast Listener Buying Power service, with eight agencies using the service under the IPG license. This is the first agency to subscribe to this service. The umbrella IPG agencies include Universal McCann, Initiative, ID Media, Cadreon, Brand Programming Network, Orion, MAGNA and Healix. IPG will have access to…

In 2019, the total number of people who have listened to at least one podcast surpassed 50% for the first time, and another 32% are regular monthly listeners, according to a recent study by Edison. That’s a 25% increase from 2018. And among 12-34-year-olds, who are typically even harder to reach, that number is even higher at 70%. It’s easy to see the tremendous potential of podcasts and audio advertising with explosive year-over-year growth. Listeners are just people actively seeking out and subscribing to content from…

EmpowerCX NOW launches January 23 hosted by podcast pros Joey Coleman and Dan Gingiss Sitel Group, a leading global customer experience management provider that delivers more than 3.5 million customer experiences every day, announced its upcoming podcast series, EmpowerCX NOW, hosted by podcast veterans Joey Coleman and Dan Gingiss, hosts of their own podcast, Experience This! of which Sitel Group sponsored in 2019. "EmpowerCX NOW is our thought-leadership and industry insights podcast curated around the theme…

Kurtosys is excited to be reinvigorating their podcast series, bringing you some excellent insights from industry leaders in financial services, as well as taking a deep dive into the services that Kurtosys provide. In this first edition of 2020, host Elliot Burr talks to VP of Global Marketing, Leeya Hendricks, who discusses Kurtosys' new rebrand. Leeya outlines the main reasons for why Kurtosys has adopted a new sleek look and feel - to position their end-to-end digital experience platform (DXP) in the market as a…

Triton Digital, the global technology and services leader to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced the inclusion of Triton’s marketplace in the Rubicon Project’s exchange. Through this integration, buyers that use the Rubicon Project exchange can now access audio supply from online audio services, platforms, networks, radio and TV broadcasters, audio content publishers, and pro audio producers leveraging Triton’s SSP (supply-side platform). This integration increases buyers’ access to premium audio inventory,…

Marketers have no shortage of responsibilities generating demand, nurturing leads, developing brand messaging, creating content, maintaining customer relationships, executing a go-to-market strategy, measuring impact and...should I go on? It’s safe to say there are a lot of pieces to the Marketing puzzle, and it’s simply impossible to do it all. But what if you could use just one piece of creative content to accomplish all of your key objectives throughout the entire Marketing funnel? Today, more brands are taking a…

Newest Notified Feature Lets PR and Marketing Professionals Effectively Search, Monitor and Measure Podcasts for Brand Mentions and Media Exposure Intrado, a global leader in technology-enabled services, announced the addition of podcast monitoring to Notified, the first end-to-end communications workflow automation platform. Together with print, online news and social media, Notified’s listening, measurement and alert capabilities now include the ability to monitor podcasts from around the world. Public relations and…

Considering how popular podcasts have become, particularly among millennials, it makes sense that an increasing number of businesses are creating their own podcasts in order to more effectively communicate with and engage employees. Podcasts are an ideal way to provide much of the information that is usually provided via email or face-to-face meetings. However, simply producing and sending out recordings to workers hardly guarantees a successful podcast. Here are a number of things necessary for an impactful private…

Veritone, Inc., the creator of the world’s first operating system for artificial intelligence, aiWARE™, announced the full commercial launch of the company’s VeriAds network – a robust suite of revenue solutions that enables radio and television broadcasters, podcasters and social media influencers to generate incremental advertising revenue from premium advertisers. The network’s three turnkey programs – VeriAds Spot Network, MicroMentions™ and Influencer Bridge™ – give media partners access to a wide range of placement…

Technology provides enhanced targeting and brand safety for podcast advertisers, and scalable monetization for podcast publishers AdsWizz, the leading global technology provider for digital audio advertising solutions, announced the availability of PodScribe, its contextual-targeting solution for podcasts. PodScribe provides valuable targeting and brand safety features for advertisers and enhances monetization for publishers.  PodScribe has been in private beta for more than a year, and has been tested with leading…

Service Provides Podcasters and Brands with Compelling Insights Matching Podcast Listeners by Genre with Their Buying Habits Nielsen announced that Audioboom has subscribed to Nielsen's Podcast Listener Buying Power Service from Nielsen Scarborough. Nielsen's Podcast Listener Buying Power Service, launched last month, allows clients to profile shows using program titles collected from our subscribers in order to connect specific types of listeners with particular advertisers and specific program-level insights. Only…

BLOOM Names Flatrock as First Podcast Partner Voxnest, an audio technology company that specializes in podcasting solutions, is proud to announce BLOOM, a podcast content development program by hosting product Spreaker. The first independent podcast partner selected to launch the program with is Flatrock: A Cold Case Podcast. With the rapidly growing talent pool in the podcast industry, BLOOM was developed in an effort to assist creative, independent podcasts that could use the support of a larger team like Spreaker.…

Influencer Bridge Gives Content Creators Unprecedented Access to Advertisers and Enables Them to Monetize Their Content through Sponsored Ad Placements Veritone One, one of the world’s largest full-service performance-based audio advertising and media agencies, announced the launch of Influencer Bridge, the first of a series of innovative new advertising services. Influencer Bridge is a pay-per-performance advertising platform for influential audio and video content creators on today’s top media channels like podcasts,…

Over the past few years, there have been a number of major developments within the advertising world, but one of the most fascinating is the tremendous growth of the podcast. Podcasting, by many measures, is clearly on the rise. As the fortunes of podcasts rise, so too do those of individual podcasters, who have legions of devoted fans looking forward to their next episodes. Podcasting has created a new type of influencer, one who has the ability to reach people wherever they are, whether it’s at home, in their car, or…

Castbox, an award-winning podcast platform, announced the launch of Livecast, a free audio streaming service that lets podcasters go live with the tap of a button. Available on Castbox mobile and desktop apps, the new feature allows podcast creators and influencers to host interactive audio shows and engage with fans and listeners in real-time. As live streaming media gains traction on platforms like Facebook and Twitch, Livecast gives podcasters an opportunity to capitalize on…

While podcasts have been around for quite some time, 2019 appears to be the year they will gain more traction as a viable marketing tool – for any size business. One of the chief advantages of a podcast, aside from the relatively inexpensive entry threshold, is that there’s plenty of whitespace in podcasting to become an authoritative voice in your business’s industry. That’s because, to date, most businesses have failed to invest in podcasting as part of their social media toolkit, leaving the playing field wide open for a…