Voxnest

Podcast ad revenue in the US cracked $1 billion for the first time last year, due in large part to the rise of dynamic ad insertion (DAI). At $1.4 billion – up 72% from roughly $840 million in 2020 – podcasting is now one of the fastest-growing digital media channels, and it’s growing twice as fast as the internet advertising market as a whole, according to a report on podcast ad revenue released by the IAB and PricewaterhouseCoopers on Monday.

Radio giant iHeartMedia launched a private marketplace on Wednesday specifically for podcasts. It’s a bid to woo more advertisers to the medium with multiple targeting options and familiar buying tools. The PMP was built using technology iHeart acquired through its purchase of programmatic podcast and analytics platform Voxnest in October. There are three primary deal […]