Audio
Why The Economist is getting up close and personal
The Economist has an unrivalled global reputation and a 1.4mn circulation (30% in print). What it doesn’t necessarily…
Powering UK podcaster eyes US
From 2024: It’s a long time since consumers became accustomed to the ready availability of print media brands,…
How a radio ship and 7 men shook up Britain in 1964
Sixty years ago this month, an aging former Scandinavian passenger ferry was being secretly equipped with a 165-foot…
Acast buys Podchaser for $35m
Swedish listed Acast, a podcast creator and publisher with a market cap of $2.6bn and revenues of $300m,…
RB keeps buying audiobooks
KKR-owned RB Media, a producer of audiobooks, has acquired two further audiobook publishers, Upfront Books, in the US,…
Spotify audiobooks deal
Spotify, the Sweden-based global audio company has completed a deal to buy US audiobook distribution company Findaway. The…
Haymarket focus on B2B podcasts
Haymarket Media, of the UK, has bought Podcast Awards with its awards events in UK, Ireland, Australia and…
Sirius XM adds Team Coco
US audio company Sirius XM has bought podcast producers Team Coco in a deal worth $150m. Team Coco,…
Now it’s social media radio
Amazon has launched a limited-access beta version of Amp, a free app that helps users DJ their own…
LinkedIn tries out podcasts
LinkedIn is trialling a podcast network that features in-house shows from the LinkedIn News team as well as…