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Ashley Carman
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Ashley Carman
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Reporter @business covering podcasting, music, & audio. Tip me on Signal: ashleycarman.01. Email is [email protected]. Sub to my newsletter below
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    Ashley Carman
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    Aug 3, 2022
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    and now for my shameless self promo: if you like stories like this, please subscribe to my forthcoming newsletter on all things audio industry, aka podcasting, music, and audiobooks! here's a link to sign up. ty!!! bloomberg.com/account/newsle…
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    Ashley Carman
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    Jan 22, 2025
    For years, I’ve seen journalists cover the “manosphere” as a random group of friends who show up on each other’s podcasts. Today, I and other reporters published a story firmly showing how these YouTubers boost each other and politicians while steering male culture to the right
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    Ashley Carman
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    Aug 1, 2024
    NEW: Inside the staff rebellion at Crooked Media, the progressive media org behind Pod Save America. Among the issues dividing staff: the war in Gaza. A founder dating an employee. The union filing a complaint over union busting claims. A third of staff have left since Jan '23
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    Ashley Carman
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    Jul 25, 2022
    If Kylie Jenner speaks it, your platform is in trouble. Never forget snap losing over $1 billion when she said she didn’t open Snapchat anymore (in 2018) bc of the redesign
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    Ashley Carman
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    Aug 3, 2022
    NEW: I wrote about the world of paid podcast appearances, or what some consider podcast payola. Guests are paying hosts up to $50K for an interview, and the disclosures around that exchange aren’t always clear or even existent
    Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows
    From bloomberg.com
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    Ashley Carman
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    Jan 22, 2025
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    We all know about the “podcast election,” and despite many of these podcasters positioning themselves as comedians or simply entertainers, they actually are regularly political. 30% of their top guests from the past two years were politicians or pundits
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    Ashley Carman
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    Sep 27, 2022
    NEW: podcast companies are buying millions of listens through auto-playing episodes populated in free mobile games. iHeart, the top podcast publisher on Podtrac, has bought around 6 million unique downloads per month since 2018
    Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners Through Mobile-Game Ads
    From bloomberg.com
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    Ashley Carman
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    Aug 5, 2025
    Lil scoop: @PabloTorre and Meadowlark are bringing his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out, to the New York Times’ The Athletic in a seven-figure licensing deal
    New York Times Expands Athletic Podcast Network With ‘Pablo Torre Finds Out’ Deal
    From bloomberg.com
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    Ashley Carman
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    Mar 22, 2023
    scoop: last year, during all the joe rogan controversy, spotify's ceo announced a $100 million fund to amplify the work of creators from historically marginalized backgrounds. as the fund rounded out its first year, less than 10% of it had been spent
    Spotify Has Spent Less Than 10% of Its $100 Million Diversity Fund
    From bloomberg.com
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    Ashley Carman
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    Jan 22, 2025
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    Even more interesting: they and their guests often talk about the same topics and ideas, which mostly align with Trump’s agenda. Voting as a topic — whether arguing the 2020 election was stolen or urging their audience to vote — came up in 37% of episodes over the past two years
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    Ashley Carman
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    Jan 22, 2025
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    We’ve got lots more in here. Free gift link here
    How Popular YouTubers Pushed Young Male Voters Toward Trump
    From bloomberg.com
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    Ashley Carman
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    Jan 22, 2025
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    Broadly, for me, this piece shows how these podcasters and streamers primed their audiences for Trump and, therefore, were easily able to endorse him as a candidate and possibly swing their listeners to him.
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    Ashley Carman
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    Sep 12, 2018
    tfw u fall in your Apple Watch series 4
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    Ashley Carman
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    Aug 25, 2021
    NEW: i spent a month collecting data on all rogan's guests over the past 20 months to figure out how going exclusive impacted his power + ability to give guests new followers. i found a 50 percent drop in the number of new followers they could expect
    Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence
    From theverge.com