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• iHeartMedia released its financial report for Q2/24. Podcast revenue was up 8.1% year-on-year to $105mn - a slowing of growth, which the company expects to return to double-digits. Podcasting accounts for 11.3% of the company’s revenue (no change on the quarter).
  • “As a reminder, our leadership position in podcasting is in part the result of the power of our broadcast radio assets”, said Bob Pittman.
• Ad analytics service Podscribe is now IAB v2.2 compliant. It gained compliance on Tuesday. We list all IAB certified podcast companies.
• GARM, the Global Alliance for Responsible Media which set down frameworks and guidelines for brand safety, including podcasts, is to discontinue. The organisation had two full-time staff; X Corp filed a lawsuit against it earlier in the week.

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