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Nicholas QuahMarch 21, 2017

Get ready to binge-listen to Serial’s new spinoff S-Town: All 7 episodes will drop at once next week

Plus: Panoply invests in audio fiction, Rookie links up with MTV, and Missing Richard Simmons wraps up its controversial run.

Nicholas QuahFebruary 7, 2017

The true crime show that’s gotten comparisons to Serial is heading for a second season and a new case

Plus: The team behind Serial is getting ready for a new show, the Lewis Wallace/Marketplace debate, and are podcast networks responsible for the diversity of their shows?

Nicholas QuahJanuary 10, 2017

Hot Pod: The three numbers that mark the state of podcasting in 2017

Plus: What new and returning shows to expect in the new year, Panoply launches an “imprint,” and a liberal podcast network tries to counterbalance conservative talk radio.

Nicholas QuahNovember 8, 2016

Hot Pod: Slate tries a rolling audio mashup to cover Election Day live

Plus: GE comes back for another round of native podcast advertising, Radiotopia bets on a show made in prison, and Adobe is making it easy to create doctored audio.

Ken DoctorNovember 4, 2016

Newsonomics: Your Gannettenfreude will only take you so far

Who, exactly, are the better plausible options to consolidate the newspaper industry? The real problem remains the business model, not the ownership.

Nicholas QuahOctober 18, 2016

Hot Pod: Is podcasting about food the new dancing about architecture?

Plus: Gimlet ends Sampler, Science Friday expands, and a new resource makes it easier to discover podcasts by people of color.

Ricardo BiltonOctober 12, 2016

With Shortcut, This American Life is trying to make its show — and other podcasts — more sharable

“This is just a first step…This is at least a thought experiment saying that, if you really believe that [audio] sharing is broken, you can change it.”

Nicholas QuahSeptember 27, 2016

Hot Pod: Will the next wave of audio advertising make podcasts sound like (yuck) commercial radio?

Plus: Panoply expands to London, Midroll makes a bigger bet on live events, and Bloomberg finds audio success.

Nicholas QuahAugust 23, 2016

Hot Pod: Can a political podcast avoid being overtaken by events?

Plus: Vox Media’s making moves in audio, more podcast/broadcast partnerships, and the importance of sound design.

Nicholas QuahAugust 9, 2016

Hot Pod: A new player aims to bring the podcast advertising analytics some want (and others fear)

Plus: a new model for audio native advertising (sponsor-produced episodes in an otherwise editorial show), ESPN goes cross-platform, and The New York Times enters the competitive politics podcast space.

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