Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters

Special Guests


Moritz Kaminski - Alby

Ross Adams -  Acast

Bradley Davis - Podchaser



Show Notes



Acast is to acquire Podchaser, the “world’s most
comprehensive and authoritative podcast database” in a deal
worth $34m. Podchaser, which is expected to make
a profit next year, will continue to operate as a separate
brand: it contains data of more than 4.5m million podcasts,
including advertising information. The integration will bring
additional data to Acast’s advertisers.


The podcast landscape is ever shifting!


Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, has added
its own podcaster wallet. The service allows you to earn from
your listeners as they listen. The company has written a full
guide to enabling your podcast.


Audioboom’s H1/22 financials were released, showing revenue
was up 79% on the same period last year. Profit was $2m, up from
last year’s $0.2m, and the company’s doing 124m downloads a month
(up 35%).


Pushkin Industries has purchased podcast creator Transmitter
Media. Transmitter’s founder and CEO, Gretta Cohn, will join
Pushkin’s senior leadership team. 


Auphonic and Hindenburg have announced an integration


Which company is sending the most unsolicited commercial
email to podcasters, by scraping your RSS feed to gather your
email? We have been running a spamtrap on our podcast feed for
the last three months, and today, we reveal the podcast
industry’s biggest spammer. (No, it doesn’t start with an
“A”).


British Podcast Awards: Jul 23 · London, England, UK




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