Stop the downloads - measure the listens. The Sports Podcast Awards, and Q3 results: Spotify and ABC Australia are up but the BBC is not

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Dylan Pugh - The Sports Podcast Awards 2023 are now open
for entry. There are 23 categories and close in mid-November.



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Spotify has reported its Q3/22 earnings. It has 456m monthly
active users (up 20% y-on-y). Ad revenue, led by podcasting, is
up 19% y-on-y and 7% q-on-q, at €385m (12.8% of the company’s
total revenue). The company lost €228m in the quarter; they
predict a loss of €300m in Q4 (but suggest they may also raise
their prices, following Apple’s price hike).


BBC Sounds, the corporation’s app for radio, music and
podcasts, has posted a weekly average of 4.3m users, representing
no growth from the previous quarter. 


ABC’s Annual Report was published. The national broadcaster
is seeing 33m downloads per month for its podcasts (p64), up 22%
year-on-year. 


PodcastOne, which closed an $8.1m funding round in July, has
posted a number of increased metrics for podcasts in its slate.
(Interview next week)


Spotify has complained about anti-competitive behaviour from
Apple, after Apple “forced” Spotify into what they consider a
sub-optimal purchase flow for audiobooks. Apple requires a 30%
cut from any in-app purchase.

Apple has rejected Spotify’s new app three times from its App
Store. It is the latest in a series of confrontations between the
two companies


Spotify now indexes 5,523,475 podcasts, according to an app
notification. 


Bryan Barletta looks at the transparenc



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