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  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jessica Testa |Benjamin Mullin

    The tech journalist and co-host of "Pivot" with Scott Galloway has a novel multimillion-dollar podcast contract with Vox Media, is in talks about a CNN series and has a slew of other ventures. "Pivot" co-host Kara Swisher. Credit... Dina Litovsky for The New York Times Kara Swisher's interviews made her famous among technology obsessives decades ago. She persuaded the rivals Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple to play nice onstage.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jessica Testa

    YouTube, now the most popular platform for consuming podcasts, is introducing a chart ranking shows by watch time. You may remember Tony Hinchcliffe as the stand-up comedian who, last fall, maligned the island of Puerto Rico in an inflammatory set during a rally in New York for the Trump presidential campaign.

  • 4 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Jessica Testa

    Men dominate the top of the podcasting charts. As listeners, they slightly outnumber women, too. “Brocasters” and the “manosphere” have even become a media obsession and for good reason. During the election, conservatives successfully tapped into a world of dude-driven content to reach disengaged voters. But there has been a surge of podcasts made by women, for women, too. And a company called Dear Media is at the center of much of it.

  • 1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Jessica Testa

    Spotify has paid more than US$100 million (S$131 million) to podcast publishers and creators since January, the company told The New York Times’ DealBook. The payout is the result of a program introduced in 2025 that opened new revenue streams to eligible hosts. But it is also an attempt to draw more creators (and their audiences) to Spotify, as the rise of video podcasting has driven many of them to YouTube. Video has come to dominate podcasting.

  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Ross Sorkin |Ravi Mattu |Bernhard Warner |Sarah Kessler |Lauren Hirsch |Edmund Lee | +2 more

    The two leading candidates, Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney, both plan to fight the U.S., its largest trading partner, over tariffs. But who would be more successful as relations grow icy? Canadians vote on Monday to determine which political party forms their next government.

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Jessica Testa
Jessica Testa @jtes
8 May 25

RT @pelicinema: spike lee posting about the new pope and connecting it back to his beloved new york knicks has me in tears https://t.co/Zmk…

Jessica Testa
Jessica Testa @jtes
8 May 25

Casey Means, the MAHA doctor and Trump’s brand new pick for surgeon general, has appeared on at least four Dear Media pods … My story from yesterday on the podcast network for women, filled with reality stars and influencers, pushing into alt wellness https://t.co/QL2eZ13JiP

Jessica Testa
Jessica Testa @jtes
7 May 25

home to podcasts from the Housewives, Vanderpump, Kardashian and Bachelor universes — and lately, MAHA too

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Dear Media, the woman-focused podcast network launched in 2018, says it has between $51M and $100M in revenue and has raised $12M (@jtes / New York Times) https://t.co/o9y4LrIh93 https://t.co/QGuflsWz5Z