Editor’s note: Hot Pod is a weekly newsletter on the podcasting industry written by Nick Quah; we happily share it with Nieman Lab readers each Tuesday.
Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 199, published March 12, 2019.
A tipping point. The latest edition of the Infinite Dial — the long-running digital media study by Edison Research and Triton Digital that also gives us the most reliable podcast audience sizing numbers — is out and, look, you’ve probably heard the major podcast takeaways already. Heck, even the Times wrote about it, which I’m pretty sure means they’re going to put me out of business in a few months. (Here’s the piece if you want it: “Podcast growth is popping in the US, survey shows,” featuring a picture of Slate producer Jayson De Leon sporting fine Brooklyn Nets merch.)
In the event you missed all that, here’s a link to the full report. You should, of course, read it in full, but here are the key takeaways to tide…
