Podcasts Archives

Podcasts on Pandora now on web and desktop

16/11/2019

Podcasts on Pandora are now available to all users on the web at pandora.com and via Pandora’s new desktop app for Mac and Windows according to a recent blog post. Now, Pandora users can enjoy their favourite podcasts and get personalized recommendations on their mobile devices or computers whether they’re at home, in the car, or on the go. Since launching last year, Pandora’s catalogue of podcasts has increased over fivefold and now contains thousands of […]

Marvel Entertainment and SiriusXM Enter a Major Multi-Year Deal to Create Original Podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora

SiriusXM and Marvel partner to produce original Marvel podcasts

06/11/2019

SiriusXM and Marvel partner to produce original Marvel podcasts in a multi-year deal that will produce podcasts for both SirusXM and Pandora. The agreement includes multiple podcasts to be released over several years including original scripted series based around established Marvel characters as well as unscripted original shows. Several popular Marvel podcasts will now debut each week beginning in 2020 on SiriusXM and Pandora The venture will also include both scripted and unscripted series and […]

Podcast listening increases in Australia

17/10/2019

Podcast listening increases in Australia with 44% of respondents identifying themselves as podcast listeners according to a survey conducted by Deloitte and published in their Media Consumer Survey 2019. Despite the popularity the survey found that only 16% of podcast listeners have ever purchased an episode. Focused on four generations and five distinct age groups, the 2019 edition of the Media Consumer Survey provides a view of how people in Australia are consuming media and […]

Deezer adds five new podcast partners

10/10/2019

Deezer adds five new podcast partners raising its game against rival streamers, such as Spotify and Pandora, who have recently increased their podcasting content. The demand for podcasting has rapidly increased as almost a quarter of internet users in Europe listened to a podcast in Q1 2019, including 44% in MENA and 34% in Latam. Deezer has been part of this increase and monthly podcast usage has increased by 250% including quadrupling the amount of […]

Add podcasts to your Spotify playlists

06/10/2019

Spotify subscribers can now add podcasts to their Spotify playlists either as a podcast playlist or a mixed music and podcast playlist according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. There are now over 3 billion user-generated music playlists on Spotify and now with Spotify’s recent upgrade and in keeping with their Audio First strategy users can now combine music and podcasts on the same playlists. With this frequently requested functionality, users can build […]

Pandora for Podcasters blog announcement

Submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal

27/08/2019

Creators can now sub submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal using Pandora’s new self-service hub in a recent blog posting. The launch of this dedicated hub for podcasters comes hot on the heels of Spotify’s launch of its Spotify for Podcasters platform. Podcasts on Pandora was launched in December 2018 with hundreds of shows and over 100,000 episodes, and in just months has grown to thousands of shows and over 500,000 episodes spanning Daily […]

Spotify for Podcasters platform launched

19/08/2019

Spotify has launched its Spotify for Podcasters platform which at its heart is a discovery and analytics dashboard. The new platform which has come out of beta is built to empower the podcasting community allowing it to continue innovating and sharing their work with the world. On the platform a user can both submit a show to Spotify and dive deep into engagement and demographic data for their podcast, tracking things like average listening times, […]