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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. In order of descending audience sizes, these categories are: Media companies that have internal podcast departments , whose goals in podcasting can range from audience development to diversifying revenue.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. In order of descending audience sizes, these categories are: Media companies that have internal podcast departments , whose goals in podcasting can range from audience development to diversifying revenue.

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a behind-the-scenes look at how Ask a Manager runs

Alison Green

Have you ever considered switching from ads on the site to a Patreon- or donation-based revenue stream? From a financial perspective, it doesn’t make sense because the ads bring in more revenue than the other options would. I do management consulting, mostly for nonprofit managers. How does that process go?

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