Category: Digital Audio
Beyond the Audiobook Store: Why Publishers Need to Think Bigger About Audio Distribution
British Airways partners with Audible, but the bigger story is audio escaping apps — from airline cabins and connected cars to six-cent daily subscriptions in Africa. Why publishers must look beyond premium markets.
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A UK Breakthrough for Finland’s Audio Drama
Finnish writers’ BBC Radio 4 commission signals growing appetite for cross-border audio drama co-productions in global publishing.
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Australia – Audio Advertising Enters New Era of Accountability: Opportunities for Publishers
IAB Australia’s 2026 digital audio report reveals shifting advertiser priorities, with podcast investment rising and measurement demands intensifying.
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Podimo Consolidates European Podcast Dominance with Arc.Studio Acquisition and Major Executive Hires
Podimo acquires Germany’s Arc.Studio and recruits former Netflix, Google, BBC and Disney executives to scale its European podcast empire and creator-first platform.
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Podcasts Overtake Radio: What This Seismic Shift Means for Publishers
Podcasts now lead US spoken-word audio. Here’s what the Edison Research data means for publishers: rights, author talent, platform strategy, and AI production tools.
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Saudi Arabia’s SAJJEL 2 Competition Signals Maturation of MENA Podcast Economy
SAJJEL 2 podcast competition launches in Saudi Arabia with Anghami and LPTC partnership, offering SAR 90,000 prizes and professional production training for emerging creators.
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Spotify Launches Weekly Audiobook Charts in US and UK
Spotify launches weekly Audiobook Charts in the US and UK, offering genre-specific rankings to boost discoverability for publishers and authors.
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From Page to Podium: RBmedia’s Audiobooks, Oscar Glory, and the Private Equity Paradox
RBmedia’s catalogue underlies three 2026 Oscar-nominated films. But did audiobooks inspire the adaptations? And what does its PE ownership story tell us about publishing?
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Parix Audio Day Analysis From The Beach: What A Madrid Audio Conference Tells Us About The Road Ahead
What the 2026 Parix Audio Day tells publishers about AI narration, platform access, market development, and why hesitation is the riskiest strategy of all.
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Netherlands – Award-Winning Audiobook, Author Gets 8.5 Cents a Listen: Who’s Really Responsible?
Dutch poet Lieke Marsman earned just €200 from 500,000 streaming minutes. But is the platform to blame — or the publishing contract upstream of it?
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Storytel. Spotify. Now Audible. Audio, Text, and the Physical Book Slowly Converge
Audible, Spotify, and Storytel are collapsing the boundaries between audio and text. What it means for rights, royalties, AI — and the reader who never reads.
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PARIX Audio Day 2026: Madrid becomes the crossroads of the Spanish-speaking and global audio markets on 19 February.
Madrid’s PARIX Audio Day 2026 delivers AI, rights and Lat-Am growth data publishing professionals need to commission, price and sell audio in 2026-27.
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