Serial

Years after its Audm acquisition, The New York Times launches its own audio app

Several years ago, The New York Times acquired audio journalism app Audm with the goal of using it as the basis for its own audio product. Today, the media company is unveiling the result of that work

The New York Times is buying the production studio behind ‘Serial’ for $25M

In a bid to further expand into the world of audio production, the paper of record has acquired the one podcast (other than your own) that your parents have definitely heard of. The New York Times Com

Storytelling community Wattpad launches Paid Stories and its ad-free subscription globally

Online storytelling community Wattpad, also now a content feeder for streaming services and other media companies, is taking its two consumer-facing paid products global. Wattpad Premium, the ad-free

VCs like what they are hearing out of the podcasting sector

Podcasts are television for the earbud generation. And although many podcasters make money, typically through sponsorships, the podcasting industry (such as it is) hasn’t received much in the way of

Podcasting toolkit ZCast updates with new features

Podcasts blew up in 2016. Ever since Serial’s success two years ago, the medium has gained devotees among celebrities and… apparently everyone else. The new, new thing in the podcast worl

Serial Is Back With A Second Season Of Podcast Crime Storytelling

Popular podcast <a target="_blank" href="https://serialpodcast.org">Serial</a> is back! After breaking into <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATXbJjuZqbc">mainstream culture</a>

CrowdSolve Wants To Give Serial’s Legion Of Armchair Detectives A Crime-Solving Platform

A new project called CrowdSolve debuting on Indiegogo today asks the question: What happens if you use the “wisdom of the crowd” to solve crime? It’s a marked contrast from the heroi