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This month, City Cast published guest demographic data for podcasts in its 11 cities and analyzed how that data compared to each local community.
Plus: WBEZ tries to turn a podcast into a franchise, Science Friday joins WNYC Studios, and Gimlet opens up the HBO playbook.
Events like its upcoming Obscura Day are meant to help the site’s digital readers discover places they previously only read about.
“We can’t be like, well, our first issue was really diverse, and that’s enough. It has to be ongoing.”
With 6 million downloads a month and a growing set of live events, Slate is showing one potential path for publishers in the post-Serial world: using conversation to build connection.
Andy Bowers (center) at a live taping of the Political Gabfest at Grinnell College in 2011. Foreground, left to right: John Dickerson, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon
Their conversational tone pays off both in user engagement and in added impact for advertising.
Screen shot of the new Slatest
“More is definitely more when it comes to news on the Internet.” Andrew Phelps
June 1, 2011