Which countries listen to the most podcasts? There’s been some research.
Podcasting has been in the mainstream for a number of years now and podcasts are enjoyed worldwide. Who listens to the most podcasts? A YouGov survey has the answers.
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Sorry, Apple. Spotify is now the king of podcast downloads now.
Apple practically invented podcasting (well, at least the way it was delivered) twenty years ago. Because of its huge head start, It became the segment leader and the de facto go-to play to
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 14: The musical nightmare of Charles Manson
I was once two degrees of separation from Charles Manson—sort of. I’d better explain that. One February morning while I was in university, my friend Donald came skipping—skipping!—down the hall yelling “He wrote
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Why can’t we hear full songs in podcasts? Well, it’s…complicated
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Podcasting continues to be a hot form of broadcasting, growing from an audience of about 12 per cent of people 12 and up in
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20 years ago today, the word “podcast” was born. Maybe.
We’ve been listening to podcasts for longer than 20 years, but it was two decades ago today that the word was first formally used to describe this sort of on-demand audio news and
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Want transcripts with your podcasts? Apple is offering them automatically.
Years ago, people began asking for transcripts of my Ongoing History of New Music radio show. I didn’t have time to do it so I brought in a couple of interns, Shawn and
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New Music from the Inbox – Podcast! (January 1, 2024): Charly Bliss, The Interrupters, Wyatt C. Louis, & More!
Every week, we’re sent dozens if not hundreds of promotional emails from agents, PR firms, and hopeful artists containing the latest releases from around the world. From the biggest superstars to the ambitious
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New Music From The Inbox – Podcast! (December 18, 2023): Asia Chow, Nachtfalter, Oh Caroline, and more!
Every week, we’re sent dozens if not hundreds of promotional emails from agents, PR firms, and hopeful artists containing the latest releases from around the world. From the biggest superstars to the ambitious
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New Music From The Inbox – Podcast! (December 4, 2023): The Smile, Sun Room, Hail The Sun, and more!
Every week, we’re sent dozens if not hundreds of promotional emails from agents, PR firms, and hopeful artists containing the latest releases from around the world. From the biggest superstars to the ambitious
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 003: Music and the Mob
[This is a descriptor for the third episode in my new true-crime-and-music podcast. Get it wherever you download your podcasts. -AC] If there’s money to be made, chances are organized crime will want
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 002: Who killed Jam Master Jay?
At around 7:30 pm on the cold, rainy evening of Wednesday, October 30, 2002, someone walked into the lounge of a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, in New York and fatally shot Jason
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