Steven Barlett has launched Flight Studio, a podcast media and technology company. Flight Studio will probably be led and co-founded by Georgie Holt, Acast’s former Regional Managing Director for the Americas, and former US Head of Gross sales and Model Partnerships, Christiana Brenton (each pictured above). The corporate launches with numerous new video podcasts, which will probably be translated into a number of languages, and also will characterize Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO; Flight Studio could have world manufacturing studios primarily based in London, Manchester, New York, Boston and Los Angeles. Diary of a CEO is the #2 show within the UK; Barlett can be one of many buyers within the UK model of Shark Tank, Dragon’s Den.
Podcasters are now earning more than $100 million in annual revenue on Substack the corporate says, a determine that has greater than doubled previously yr. Of the 250 highest-revenue publications on Substack, greater than half publish audio and video.
The Independent Podcast Awards are open for entry. You’ve till Could 31 to enter; the ceremony will probably be held in October in London. There are 4 new classes, and entry charges have been frozen from final yr.
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