Podcasting Goes Premium and Hollywood | The Disney Digital Plan Plunges

Podcasting Goes Premium and Hollywood with new deals to celebrities and new paywalls. Plus, the Disney Digital Plan Plunges with new programming unable to bring in new subscribers.

Who Listens To Podcasts (And How Can You Reach Them)? https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2021/05/12/who-listens-to-podcasts-and-how-can-you-reach-them/

Podcasting will surpass $2 billion by 2023
https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcasting-will-surpass-2-billion-by-2023?ecid=NL1001

Apple threatens to upend podcasting's free, open architecture https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/news/article/Apple-threatens-to-upend-podcasting-s-free-open-16173806.php

Radio, Left To Its Own Device Promos
https://radioinsight.com/ross/207808/radio-left-to-its-own-device-promos/

Why Hollywood Is Giving the Nod to Companion Podcasts
With finite screen time and budgets, creators and studios are continuing their onscreen stories in a medium that’s more competitive and lucrative than ever — and turning popular pods into films and series.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/hollywood-is-giving-the-nod-to-companion-podcasts-1234947609/

Why your favorite new NPR show might sound a lot like a podcast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/npr-50th-anniversary-podcast-audience/2021/05/03/af0d49a0-a8fa-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html

As the Joe Budden Podcast Implodes, We Wonder: What Would Howard Stern Do? https://variety.com/2021/digital/opinion/joe-budden-podcast-howard-stern-show-1234973004/

SiriusXM Is Buying ‘99% Invisible,’ and Street Cred in Podcasting
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/arts/siriusxm-99-invisible-roman-mars.html

Disney’s New World Order Leads to Confusion and Bruised Egos https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-bob-chapek-bob-iger-reorganization-1234971562/

Disney Misses Quarterly Revenue Target as Disney Plus Growth Slows https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-quarterly-earnings-disney-plus-1234972687/

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