Ashley Carman
Reporter at Bloomberg News
Reporter @business covering podcasting, music, & audio. Tip me on Signal: ashleycarman.01. Email is [email protected]. Sub to my newsletter below
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2 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Ashley Carman
The logo for Audible is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, May 21, 2020. Audible's, the audiobook service owned by Amazon.com Inc., big push into the booming audio genre has confused some producers and podcast networks because it is happening at the same time that Amazon Music, a separate division of the e-commerce giant, is also ramping up its investment in podcasts.
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6 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Ashley Carman
As the linear TV business falters, broadcasters are eyeing podcasters while investors pump cash into independent networks This article is for subscribers only. Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Soundbite. This week has been filled with news about the podcast business – new M&A activity, a better sense of the size of the market – so let’s check in on the independent scene and how companies have been faring.
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Lucas Shaw |Ashley Carman
(Bloomberg) -- Owl & Co. calculated YouTube sales by estimating how much time people are spending watching podcasts and estimating viewership by country. The company vetted the numbers with many major podcasting companies. Owl & Co. also accounted for listenership in China, particularly on the popular app Ximalaya Inc., which is in talks to sell to Tencent Music Entertainment Group for $2.4 billion.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ashley Carman
Swedish audio conglomerate PodX Group AB is acquiring the majority of Lemonada Media, the network behind podcasts like Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Wiser Than Me and Meghan Markle’s Confessions of a Female Founder. The acquisition, which was announced Tuesday in a statement viewed by Bloomberg, marks the European company’s first purchase of a US-based network. PodX is spending around $30 million on the deal, according to a person familiar with the terms.
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Ashley Carman
(Bloomberg) -- Swedish audio conglomerate PodX Group AB is acquiring the majority of Lemonada Media, the network behind podcasts like Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ and Meghan Markle’s The acquisition, which was announced Tuesday in a statement viewed by Bloomberg, marks the European company’s first purchase of a US-based network. PodX is spending around $30 million on the deal, according to a person familiar with the terms. A Lemonada representative declined to comment on the figure.
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