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Sounds Profitable

Bryan Barletta
Sounds Profitable
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    Podcasting's Trust in Sports, Live Tours Continue Growing, & More

    06/1/2026 | 7 mins.

    Today in the business of podcasting: Jim Salveson on sports podcasting's powers, CMOs discuss 2026 priorities, podcasts on the living room screen, podcast live shows are pulling in the big bucks (and new audiences for venues), and Meta beefs up podcast promo capabilities on Threads. Find links to every article covered by heading to the Download section of SoundsProfitable.com, or by clicking here to go directly to today's installment.

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    700mil Hours of YouTube Podcasts, GenAI's Indie Pod Issue, & More

    05/1/2026 | 9 mins.

    Today in the business of podcasting: the company stripping ads from podcasts for money, why AI doesn't recommend indie podcasts, video podcast production hiccups, 700 million hours of YouTube podcasts consumed on TVs in October, and all signal/no noise with music videos. Find links to every article covered by heading to the Download section of SoundsProfitable.com, or by clicking here to go directly to today's installment.

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    Podcasting's Creator Churn Problem, Netflix is Making Deals, & More

    19/12/2025 | 11 mins.

    Today in the business of podcasting: podcasting's creator churn problem (and how to fix it), Oxford Road has had a couple studies this week, Netflix has been making deals, and Signal Hill Insights looks back at the year in research. Find links to every article covered by heading to the Download section of SoundsProfitable.com, or by clicking here to go directly to today's installment.

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    Audio's UK ROI Moment, Netflix Licenses Barstool Sports Pods, & More

    18/12/2025 | 5 mins.

    Today in the business of podcasting: Netflix signs several Barstool Sports video podcasts, graphs showing why YouTube is at the top of the media watch-time pile, and a look back at audio data for the UK in 2025.Find links to every article covered by heading to the Download section of SoundsProfitable.com, or by clicking here to go directly to today's installment.

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    The Inventory and The Scale

    18/12/2025 | 9 mins.

    Podcasting has a creator churn problem that needs fixing. Written and narrated by Tom WebsterEdited by Bryan Barletta and Gavin GaddisAudio editing by Gavin GaddisFind the full article here on Sounds Profitable.

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About Sounds Profitable

The pace of change the podcast industry is undergoing is staggering. The implications for podcasters, hosting providers, podcast listening app developers, and advertisers and agencies are enormous. And so is the growth potential. Presented as a companion to the weekly newsletter of the same name, our podcast provides you with direct access to our narrated articles, interviews with industry experts, bleeding-edge research, and can't miss industry news recaps. That Sounds Profitable, right? Assumptions and conventional wisdom will be challenged. Easy answers with no proof of efficacy will be exposed. Because the thinking that got podcast advertising close to a billion dollars annually will need to be drastically overhauled to bring in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars podcast advertising deserves.
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