Podeo, the UAE-based podcast distribution platform, has raised $5.4 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Oraseya Capital (the VC arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority) with participation from Ibtikar Fund, Cedar Mundi Ventures, Samarium, iSME, and returning investor Razor Capital. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its […]
Johny Pitts, author of the multiple award-winning Afropean: Notes From Black Europe (Penguin, 2020) teams up with award-winning production company Reduced Listening for a six part series exploring major European cities and the art, politics and history of their Black communities. Europe is at a crossroads. For centuries, the continent has been built by the intercultural […]
Sky News and NBC News have partnered to launch The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim’ – a new podcast that will combine eyewitness reporting from the frontline of some the world’s most hazardous areas, with in-depth analysis and conversation with influential, global figures. Richard Engel is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News. […]
Spotify, the audio streaming subscription service, is now turning to opportunities in the video advertising space whilst making it easier for brands to run multi-media campaigns on the platform. And, while Spotify is not a social platform, it is looking to better facilitate community and connection between fans and artists, ntes WARC Media’s Platform Insights: […]
Mediavision’s Q2 analysis of the Swedish audio market shows that daily listening time is stable compared to the same period last year. The total listening time amounts to 100 minutes on an average day, covering both live radio and digital audio (audiobooks, music, and podcasts on demand). It is evident that the country’s listening behaviour […]
The HISTORY Channel marquee original podcast, HISTORY This Week, returns for a fact-filled fifth season on September 16th. Released weekly, each episode gives listeners insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today. What secret meetings helped Richard Nixon win the 1968 presidential election? What is Pompeii still teaching […]
Audible, a provider of spoken word entertainment, has announced a new ten-part podcast presented by British Nigerian journalist Femi Oke, which follows the ground-breaking global story uncovering how an ancient Nigerian deity successfully lured modern women into sex slavery. CURSED is the second Audible Original created and produced by All3Media production company RAW, the producers […]
NFL stars and brothers, Travis and Jason Kelce. have signed a podcast deal with Amazon, reportedly worth $100 million (€90m). The three-year deal gives Wondery, an Amazon partner company, exclusive multimedia rights to the brothers’ popular New Heights podcast. The siblings launched the podcast in 2022, which sees the pair interviewing celebrity guests and discussing […]
Australian children’s entertainers, TheWiggles, have announced the launch of their new podcast. Wiggle Talk: A Podcast for Parents serves as a parent’s ticket to behind–the–scenes access to the Wiggles family as they delve into expert parenting tips and share personal stories, presented by the friendly voices of Red Wiggle Simon Pryce and Purple Wiggle Lachy […]
BBC Sounds has launched Tortoise Investigates, a new feed which will become the home of three new investigative podcast series from Tortoise Media. The boxsets will be released consecutively on BBC Sounds in the coming weeks. Each boxset series offers a complex story which aim to keep listeners guessing, including a Satanic hoax, a malicious […]