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I know what you’re thinking: Another story on Luminary? Well, they keep making news. Start here if you want some background on why they’ve angered the podcast community and had a rough first week. (Previous stories here and here.) Here’s the quick summary of where we left things yesterday. Luminary’s podcast app pulls in feeds…

Last month, a New York Times piece heralded the arrival of Luminary. The story focused on the startup’s healthy funding (almost $100 million) and its “subscription-based business model that it hopes will push the medium into a new phase of growth.” You’d be hard-pressed to find better circumstances under which to launch your startup. A…

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If you’re anything like me, you love to feel the spook and thrill all year long, particularly during the Halloween season. Thankfully, iHeartRadio has a whole batch of podcasts that help spread the terror 365 days a year. In fact, we have a category dedicated to the ghostly realm of paranormal activity, crime and unsolved…

The ever-evolving Jemele Hill is at an exciting point in her career. With 21 years in the game as a journalist, sports reporter, and activist (in her own right), she has learned to be unbothered and unapologetic. And she proves that each time she speaks or publishes her truth as a staff writer for The…

More and more podcasts about cities are being produced by journalists and academics. They’re being recorded in research labs, urban planning offices, on the streets and in the neighbourhoods of our cities. Podcasting allows academics to share research across vast geographical distances. And, we argue, podcasters are creating new conversations about who and what the…

The bigger their funding, the harder they fall — and it’s been a really, really, really hard fall for podcast startup Luminary this week. The $100 million paid-audio company launched Monday, but without a few popular shows like The Daily and Reply All, which said they did not want to be included in the free…

Photo: Aseloka Smith, creator and host of The Colored Girl Beautiful, presents her podcast for feedback/PRX on Media. (Photo courtesy of PRX) Think you’ve got talent, something to say, and just looking for the perfect soapbox to step on? Google and podcast company, PRX are currently on the search for their second cohort of diverse…

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