podcasts

• Podcasts raked in $9.2B last year, with video content “changing the picture.” But what makes a podcast a podcast?
• OnlyFans rolls out category-specific hubs to helps its users discover new accounts to follow

  OnlyFans users who are interested in sports, comedy, or podcasts can find relevant content through category-specific verticals.

  
• Patreon podcast revenue jumps 33% year-over-year, reaching $629 million

  Led by celebrity hosts like Joe Budden and Quentin Tarantino, podcast revenue on Patreon is enjoying a boom.

  
• TBPN makes millions by covering Silicon Valley like ‘SportsCenter’. OpenAI just scooped it up.

  TBPN has become one of the biggest tech podcasts by covering Silicon Valley like sports. OpenAI just acquired it.

  
• With a move into podcast hosting, beehiiv adds another popular format for its creators
• Four out of five U.S. adults have listened to or watched a podcast
• TikTok and iHeartMedia are launching a radio station and a podcast network. Here’s the initial creator lineup.
• YouTube is giving advertisers direct access to “Top Podcasts” across five different categories
• Audio agency Oxford Road is giving independent podcasters their own award show at SXSW
• “In the Mix” shows off TikTok’s pop music power. What can it do as a podcast?
• Apple was a video podcast innovator. Now it’s getting with the times.
• The video podcasting arms race is heating up, and Hulu is “Here To Help”