Podcasts Archives

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, […]

Spotify goes into partnership with the Obama's podcasting production company

Spotify partners with the Obama’s podcasting company

11/06/2019

Spotify partners with the Obama’s podcasting company – Higher Ground – to produce podcasts exclusively for the platform. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama formed Higher Ground in 2018 with an initial partnership with Netflix, to produce powerful stories to entertain, inform and inspire, and to lift up new, diverse voices in the entertainment industry. Under the Higher Ground partnership, President and Mrs. Obama will develop, produce, and lend their voices to select podcasts on […]

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BBC pulls its podcasts from Google

06/04/2019

BBC pulls its podcasts from Google as part of a change of policy on third-party apps which it outlines in a blog posting. These are no longer available on the Google Podcast app and Google Assistant. Kieran Clifton, Director, BBC Distribution & Business Development explained in the post that since Google launched its own podcast app for Android users it, ‘since begun to direct people who search for a BBC podcast into its own podcast […]

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Spotify is to acquire Parcast podcast studio

28/03/2019

Spotify is to acquire Parcast podcast studio, a premier storytelling-driven podcast studio for an undisclosed sum. Since its founding in 2016, Parcast has launched 18 premium podcast series including Serial Killers, Unsolved Murders, Cults and Conspiracy Theories and the studio’s first fiction series, Mind’s Eye. Parcast will bring to Spotify its curated library of highly produced shows and an engaged and loyal audience. With an expertise in genres touching mystery, crime, science fiction, and history, […]

Anghami adds podcasting content

24/03/2019

Anghami adds podcasting content to its streaming service with over 250 shows from over 40 regional podcast creators, in addition to global podcasters and DJ shows. Anghami has quickly grown to become a leading on-demand music platform in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region and has formed audio content partnerships with leading publishers in the region. Anghami is introducing podcasts covering topics which will include sports, tech, society, lifestyle, wellness, and music. The […]