Spreaker and Blogtalkradio Merger Is A Big Deal

 

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It seems like none of the big media news outlets care to discuss the huge Spreaker / Blogtalkradio merger.  The coverage is so minute I know several fellow podcasters who don't believe this story isn't fake news.  Podcasters who know recognize each of the players has great aspects and each has a few crappy aspects so the prospect of the merger represents an overall boost to the quality of the podcasts that can be produced.  Maybe this story doesn't mean much to anyone but podcasters, for now, but we're talking about 50,000 podcasts!  Podcast host Art19 is a part of the merger and has raised $7.5 million that will go a long way to ramp up the infrastructure.  Anyway, read the press release and see for yourself:

NEW YORK (PRWEB) August 22, 2017

Spreaker & BlogTalkRadio announced today that their respective Boards have approved a merger of the two companies that promises to create the leading technology platform for podcast creation and monetization. The combined entity is comprised of more than 50,000 podcasts, millions of listeners globally, and a proprietary suite of creation and monetization technologies that enable podcasters to manage each step of the creation, distribution and commercialization process with an easy to use, all in one solution.

Francesco Baschieri, co-founder and CEO of Spreaker, who will serve as President of the combined company, said, “We’re combining Spreaker’s best-in-class mobile and web content management system and creation tools with BlogTalkRadio’s first-to-market monetization platform. The merged company operates at massive scale delivering unique value to independent hosts, podcast networks, and larger mainstream publishers alike.”

Baschieri added, “BlogTalkRadio recently released its ‘big data’ audience data solution, Cortex. Through the combination of this technology platform with Spreaker’s sophisticated mobile apps and creation tools, we can deliver the ‘holy grail’ to the podcasting industry -- targeted buys enriched by analytics and audience data that provide extremely high accuracy and transparency to advertisers, while also providing rich feedback loops for content creators to improve their content. This tightly-coupled capability, supported by Spreaker’s existing promotional deals and distribution channels with the likes of iHeartRadio, iTunes and Sonos, will make our company an instant leader in the space.”

In connection with the merger, shareholders from each of Spreaker and BlogTalkRadio will be making investments in support of the combined company’s growth plan, which will be rolled out over the next several months. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Team members from both companies will be participating on panels and exhibitions at the industry’s largest event, the Podcast Movement (#PM17), in Los Angeles, CA, from August 23-25.

Contact:

Hal Bringman
hal@nvpr.com
310-210-8011

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Jewish Producer Gets Active

Yeah, Jewish Producer has kept a low-profile in the early stages of Mr. Midnight Movie's film production.  He has been putting pieces together, strategically, like a puzzle.  Recent advancements in the project have the small crew anxious and unusually busy.  Also, MMM and JP have been sporadically airing shows on Spreaker, a known online-radio network that has provided them with a modest service, for about a modest cost.  The 45-minute "podcasts" are a jamboree of thoughts and issues discussed, sometimes over and over, until some sort of consensus is reached.  The content of these shows has not been particularly thought out, but has been more of a ad-lib attempt to develop rhythm and harmony, possibly some simpatico.

Check out the app to your right to listen to our latest episode, recorded live on Spreaker.

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The Writer's Contest: Jewish Producer v. Debi Daly Part 1 of 2, Titled "IheartRadio or Bust"

PART 1 of 2 - Writing contest: The proposal calls for Debi and Jewish Producer to each write a 300 word (minimum) essay.  Each essay will be displayed without the author's name attached to the post.   You the reader will have to determine the author of each penned blog-post.  See below, read the first post and guess who wrote it in the comment section.. Is the author of the following Debi or JP????

Essay #1:

An Open Letter To IHeartRadio/IHeartMedia:  MY PETITION TO BRING MR MIDNIGHT MOVIE’S INFLAMMATORY TALK TO IHEARTRADIO

Thank you for taking a moment to read my recommendation to IheartRadio’s talent recruitment to bring Jewish Producer and Mr Midnight Movie’s Inflammatory Talk Podcast aboard the IHeartRadio podcasting team.  FYI: Their show is Spreaker ID #7484646 on to the Spreaker network.  The boys have been producing shows since 2011, and we have been podcasting associates for most of the time since they joined me at my show on a regular basis.  I often frequent their show, and often times we discuss ways to produce excellent Spreaker and IheartRadio programs.  Though I believe this podcasting team oozes endless amounts of talent, I still wonder what they ever would have done without me.  Of course I’m only kidding.  These guys mean the world to me and they do deserve the recognition.

Please consider having them on your format (they currently have a Spreaker show under review with IheartRadio) because they offer a unique point of view presented in an entertaining format.   Bringing Inflammatory Talk to your network will boost your late night live programming.  Since my show has enjoyed a lot of success (600+ listens per show, on average) my show does even better when Mr. Midnight Movie and Jewish Producer join my podcast.  My fans love them!  They have always been respectful and interested in making Spreaker a better place to podcast.  More importantly, they respect their audience - and their audience has remained loyal to them for several years.  Even the haters my show sometimes attracts would admit that Inflammatory Talk is an epic study of topics and most people are interested in the vast knowledge Mr. Midnight Movie exudes, and they want to know more!  These guys are constantly working on their performances but really it may be their camaraderie that shines through every bumbling mistake or winning joke that they make that truly makes this show special.

Inflammatory Talk is highly recommended by me, Debi Daly of the Debi Daly Network on Spreaker and IheartRadio,

Debi Daly

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Let's Do Our Own Show

Jewish Producer: leave me alone BTG!
Mr Midnight Movie: you're telling me
Jewish Producer: oh man that bitch couldn't be less entising she makes my gag reflex go into overdrive, the problem is that if we did a show on her show she wouldn't stop opening her ugly rotten mouth, just heinous. vomitous, disgusting to the tenth order of all peutridness.  just bloody awful.
Mr Midnight Movie: lets do our own show

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JP's Skype Chat With Mr. Solution

MR. SOLUTION: Hello JP, I ttrust that my communication finds you in the highest of spirits ;) Please see below the email that I forwarded to our beloved Truth Clown #1... Hi Truth-Clown; send me the link to your new show on Spreaker. Being an internet 1st amendment Super Hero, I knew one of your superior debate prowess could not be party to such a vaccous wiin as was alleged in our most recent debate debacle. Mr. Solution - I am also cc-ing our lovable villiage idiot and twin Truth Clown JP.

 

 

Jewish Producer: I will forward this to the world and Mr. Midnight Movie, grammatical errors/typos included. Also remember that you went running to Goofybone as if you were about to attempt some grand coup de grâce on MMM and please, if I may, fart in your general direction. This was a cowardice, transparent gambit. Smooth move, exlax. I look forward to more of your similarly fumbled punts.

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Out Of Here

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