Newsonomics: Crimetown Shows The Podcast Potential For Local Media Partnership

Buddy Cianci once sold newspapers. Now he sells podcasts. That link — surfaced gloriously in Gimlet Media’s Crimetown podcast — tells us lots about the rollicking pace of change in newsy digital media. And Crimetown seems like a prototype of a new phenomenon too young to name. Listen for just a ...

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The New York Times Gets Serious About Podcasting

When the New York Times launched its first podcast in 2006, hardly anyone knew what to make of it. Then, only 11 percent of U.S. adults listened to any podcast and only 22 percent had even heard the term, reports Edison Research, which tracks the nascent industry.   First published at ...

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