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Shows With Best-Selling Authors
(By Richard Davies) I’m listening to Michelle Obama read her audio book to me on my Audible app. I’m on my own with my headphones and so is she. I picture the former First Lady sitting upright and...
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How You Can Do A Great Podcast Interview
(By Richard Davies) Despite many recent efforts to debunk Malcolm Gladwell’s famous “10,000 Hour Rule,” there is a good deal of truth to what he says. The New Yorker writer, author, and podcaster...
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What Great Leaders Do
(By Richard Davies) Daniel Ek paid podcasting a massive compliment with his money and his mouth. Not only did Spotify agree to pay the princely sum of $340 million for Gimlet and Anchor, its founder...
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Podcasting Gets a Boost at RAIN Business Summit
(By Richard Davies) The podcasting industry is about to get another burst of mainstream media coverage, with the release of the 2019 Edison Research “Infinite Dial” listening survey later today (2 p.m....
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Take A Vacation. It Will Improve Your Podcast!
(By Richard Davies) Here’s my answer to the great burnout debate, which erupted this week in The Podcast Business Journal. If you’re feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, take a break. Put things on hold...
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Welcome To Podcasting’s 2nd Wave!
(By Richard Davies) Podcasting is now mainstream and has just moved into a new phase. Let’s call it the 2nd Wave. While most media content producers no longer need convincing that they should be doing...
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Spotify Unsure About Podcast Profits
(By Richard Davies) I’m a bit old school. While podcasting occupies much of my time each day, a long-established habit of slowly leafing through the pages of newspapers continues to be a source...
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Grow Your Show By Being Positive
(By Richard Davies) Podcasting, by its very nature, is an optimistic endeavor. From venture capitalists and big media firms who’ve poured huge sums of money into risky podcast ventures, to small teams...
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Why Podcasts Are So Much Better Than Debates
(By Richard Davies) Welcome to the Presidential debate season. This evening, tomorrow, and then over 16 long months, several dozen proposed debates will occupy much of the news media’s fevered...
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Most Hosts Shouldn’t Go Solo
(By Richard Davies) “Interviews! Why?” asks Robert Crandall in his provocative article, “Stop The Interviews. Go Solo” (Podcast Business Journal, July 3). There are many reasons. The first, and most...
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7 Reasons Why Good Podcasts Fail To Be Great
(By Richard Davies) Podcasting today stirs up memories of the crazy speculation during the dot com boom in the 90’s, when vast amounts of venture capitalist dollars were thrown at wacky entrepreneurs...
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We Threw Everything Into The Trash
(By Richard Davies) All the awful things about the coronavirus crisis are obvious— from the economic calamity and disruption of social distancing to the virus itself. But for podcasters, there are...
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