In a recent presentation by Triton Digital, the company outlined 7 ‘must haves’ for successful commercially viable podcasting. And we have added one more.

Australians are spending seven minutes more time every day listening to audio entertainment than last year, with radio staying dominant and podcasts overtaking owned music for the first time, according to the fourth annual GfK Share of Audio study just released at the Radio Alive conference.

In a typical day, consumers spend three hours and 28 minutes listening to audio, seven minutes more than last year.

The University of Wollongong is offering a free online course on podcasting for a limited time.

Participants will learn learn how to plan, write and publish your own podcast, and why the audio medium is so powerful for storytelling.

Topics covered include:

Checking the health of the emerging podcast industry at Radiodays Europe, Matt Deegan (Foder Media), Tom Webster (Senior VP, Edison Research USA) and James Cridland (Editor of Podnews.net and radioinfo columnist) examined the vital signs of podcasting in 2019.
 
 

American podcast company Panoply has released data that indicates that Spotify is "growing the pie" for podcast listening in the United States.

Acast has secured investment funding equivalent to $45 million, led by a group of European Investors.

Podcasting is one of the fastest growing on-demand mediums in Australia. But can just anyone make a podcast?

How does the medium differ to radio? And what’s the secret to a successful pitch?