Acast moves to new offices, new podcast studio

27 February 2026 Acast threw a housewarming party yesterday to launch its new Australian head office and podcast studio in William Street Sydney. Recalling the journey from the...

Acast continues growth with $56m paid to ANZ creators

13 February 2026 Leading independent podcast company Acast has released its year-end financial results for 2025 showing improving profitability and 29% net sales growth globally. The company...

Acast Ads Academy to help marketers upskill in podcast advertising

1 September 2025 Acast have launched the Acast Ads Academy, a learning platform offering two free, on-demand courses that build marketer knowledge and skills to plan and...

Acast announces global partnership with Magnite

29 July 2025 Independent podcast company Acast has joined forces with independent sell-side advertising company Magnite.Through this new global partnership, Acast’s premium podcast inventory, comprising over 140,000 podcasts, will be available to advertisers via Magnite.The collaboration responds directly to growing demand from media buyers for simpler, more unified access to audio alongside digital video formats.Acast says that by… Read More

Acast launch Smart Recommendations

2 June 2025 Acast have launched Smart Recommendations – an AI search engine that allows advertisers to describe who they wish to reach, making campaign planning faster, smarter...

Acast expands into Queensland with new hire and key promotions

27 March 2025 Podcast company Acast has announced a raft of promotions in the Acast AU/NZ sales team and appointed Lauren Everist to the newly created role of Senior Account Manager, Queensland.Everist (main photo) will oversee the strategic direction and growth of Acast’s sales presence in the region.She brings to Acast twenty years of commercial experience in media,… Read More

Acast providing beyond the podcast advertising solutions

10 March 2024 Independent podcast company Acast continues to create innovative “beyond the podcast” advertising solutions to help brands reach audiences across the world through traditional and emerging...

Eleven new shows for Acast with more than $30M in returns for local podcasters

11 December 2023 Independent podcast company Acast continue to grow. Since launching in 2017 in Australia and New Zealand they’ve delivered podcast creators returns of more than AUD $31 million and had more than 31 million monthly listens. This year they’ve invested in 11 new shows spanning comedy, sports, true crime and business content.Acast allows all podcasters, irrespective… Read More

Veritonic and Acast partnership analyses podcast advertising

26 July 2023 With podcasting allowing advertisers to better target their audience, Veritonic, the industry’s comprehensive audio analytics and research platform, and Acast have partnered to analyse commonalities...

Acast+ Access gives subscriber publications integrated podcast benefits

22 June 2023 New research from Acast has shown that there are a significant and financial opportunities for publishers and other companies to integrate podcasts into their current...

Acast offers podcast listeners more effective ads.

27 October 2022 In a first for podcasting, Australian advertisers can now harness the power of their first-party data to create more effective campaigns. Independent podcast company Acast...

More speakers added for Radiodays Asia

3 February 2021 Radiodays Asia Virtual has announced four more speakers as the line-up continues to grow more abundant with professionals from all over the audio and media...

ACAST launches a mental health event series for agency partners

8 October 2020 Ahead of World Mental Health Day (October 10th, 2020), Acast has announced an industry-focused mental health initiative for its agency partners. The quarterly event series looks...

Acast expands local sales and creative team with six new hires

7 September 2020 Acast continues to bolster its local sales capabilities in Australia, announcing six new hires today, including the appointment of Tom Roach as Acast’s local Creative...

Nova and Acast split after three years

4 September 2020 Nova Entertainment and Acast today ended their partnership, with both companies set to pursue broader business ambitions. They have enjoyed a successful three-year partnership with...

Acast Marketplace adds a virtual storefront

16 July 2020 Acast Marketplace now allows advertisers to browse Acast’s global inventory of thousands of monetisable podcasts, and use search criteria to filter a list of shows...

Acast opens new studios in Sydney

30 June 2020 Acast has opened two fully furnished podcast studios in Sydney which will be available free of charge to all of Acast’s content partners. The studios...

Acast adds support for independent podcasters with new revenue-driving opportunities

2 June 2020 Acast has new updates for its Acast Open platform that will provide further support and revenue opportunities to local, independent podcast creators. The announcement comes...

Acast bolsters the local sales team in Australia

20 April 2020 Acast has bolstered its local sales team in Australia, with Adam King and Liam Daly joining the team each in the role of Group Sales...

Acast Marketplace: a new way to buy podcast advertising

26 February 2020 More news in the podcast advertising space with Acast announcing Acast Marketplace, a new home of podcast buying in Australia and globally. With Deloitte forecasting...

Acast launches Acast Open, for any podcast of any size

21 November 2019 Acast is launching Acast Open, bringing the world's most sophisticated podcast hosting engine to every podcaster, big and small. For the first time, any podcast...

NOVA Entertainment, Acast and Sky News get together

18 September 2018 NOVA Entertainment and podcast partner Acast are partnering to represent Sky News’ digital audio content from Ocober. NOVA Entertainment’s Head of Podcasting, Jay Walkerden, says that...

The Betoota Advocate launching into podcasting with Acast

14 February 2018 Betoota is a ghost town… but it has its own newspaper, and it is about to get its own podcast. The Betoota Advocate bills itself as...

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