Podcasting Hall of Fame inductees to be named today

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This year’s Podcasting Hall of Fame inductees will be unveiled at 9am ET today by Podcast Movement. Presented by Libsyn, the honor recognizes an individual’s outstanding work in podcasts and their significant contributions to the booming podcast industry: we’re expecting eight new inductees to be announced. The ceremony itself is at Podcast Movement Evolutions on May 25; past inductees are on the Hall of Fame website, including School of Podcasting’s Dave Jackson, above.
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In Sounds Profitable, Magellan AI tells us that ad load on podcasts increased last year. While there is variation in ad load by genre, 18 of the 19 most popular genres increased the amount of time dedicated to ads. The graph above displays how much time of an average episode is dedicated to ads - there’s still plenty of room to grow, though: TV viewers are served ads for 13.3 minutes (22%) per hour. They’ve a webinar on February 10th with more information.

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