WARC Advisory and audio media and entertainment company, Audacy, have published a new whitepaper. Breaking Down the Barriers Behind the Audio Investment Gap takes on a number of misperceptions driving the under-utilisation of audio by marketers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 experts across leading brands, agencies, measurement companies and publishers in the audio field […]
The new show by Goalhanger has topped the charts in the UK and Australia, while also breaking into the top 5 in New Zealand and Ireland. In its first week, the podcast has surpassed over 200,000 downloads. Hosted by two seasoned experts – David McCloskey, a former CIA analyst and bestselling spy novelist, and Gordon Corera, a […]
Legal and true crime network Law&Crime announces the next installment of its podcast slate, The Rise and Fall of Diddy, available exclusively on Wondery+. The new series, hosted by Law&Crime anchor Jesse Weber, details the industry-shattering sex abuse scandal that decimated the career of billionaire rapper and music executive Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. In a […]
Audible, a provider of spoken word entertainment, has launched its first original interactive audio experience, Watch Dogs: Truth, created in collaboration with Ubisoft, as well as new sci-fi comedy Zeroes. Watch Dogs: Truth follows on from the events of Watch Dogs: Legion, the action-adventure game centred around the hacker syndicate DedSec, as they cleared their […]
BBC Sounds has announced a licensing deal for two Goalhanger titles, The Rest Is Football and The Rest Is History. Hosted by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, The Rest is Football brings analysis and insight on all the latest stories from the world of football from three of the biggest names in the […]
Goalhanger will launch The Rest Is Classified podcast on November 27th. This insightful series plunges listeners into the secretive world of espionage, spies, and covert operations. Hosted by two experts with access and experience – David McCloskey, a former CIA analyst and bestselling spy novelist, and Gordon Corera, a veteran national security journalist who has […]
The BBC World Service has announced Purple Heart Warriors, a six-part drama inspired by real events by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Iris Yamashita. The series transports audiences to the fields of World War Two alongside the brave young Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as they battle to liberate France from Nazi occupation. Narrated […]
Wonder Women – the inspirational women’s network that champions the elevation of diverse women into senior leadership in Television and the Creative industries – has lined up eight senior leadership executives for their new season of the ‘Wonder Women Podcast’, which launches today, 5th November. Over the course of eight episodes, listeners will hear from […]
Dutch sales agent Incredible Film has secured international distribution rights to new supernatural horror film Jimmy (85’) made by neo-horror producers Bloodrave. Directed by Bloodrave co-founder David-Jan Bronsgeest and written by co-founder Tim Koomen, Jimmy is the story of convicted killer Jim, who uses a true crime podcast to take revenge on a group of […]
Disney+ has revealed a companion podcast for its Rivals series, based on the iconic novel by Dame Jilly Cooper. The podcast features members of the cast and special guests in exclusive conversation with Pandora Sykes and accompanies the eight-part television adaptation. Set against the backdrop of 1980s England, Rivals follows the ruthless competition in British independent television […]