Julie Shapiro moves from Third Coast to Radiotopia, and podcasting continues its growth.
Produced for Sept. 4, 2015 but can run a few days later.
Nicholas Quah reports for Nieman Lab that Julie Shapiro has been hired away as Executive Director of Third Coast Festival to be executive producer of Radiotopia. Radiotopia was in the news in May, winning a $1 million grant from the Knight Foundation. The audio group launched in February 2014, and includes the shows â99% Invisibleâ from Roman Mars and âCriminalâ from Lauren Spohrer and Phoebe Judge. In the last 18 months, the similar networks Radiotopia, SoundWorks, Infinite Guest, Gimlet, the Loud Speakers Network, and Wolfpop have all launched, with Midroll creating the Howl app. Shapiro founded Third Coast Festival in 2000, as, âa big independent radio conference/summit/party in Chicago.â Shapiro, besides starting the Third Coast conference, also co-produced Third Coastâs âFilmlessâ festival, and edited the âRe:soundâ audio show. After the mainstream success of the âSerialâ podcast in 2014, that claimed 40 million downloads, radio companies have been hiring, and working on new shows and distribution. In August, the U.S. podcast conference âPodcast Movementâ drew more than 1000 audio storytellers from around the globe to Fort Worth, Texas to discuss the medium. Wired reports 2013âs 1.9 billion listens rose to to 2.6 billion in 2014, according to Nielsen data.
Podcasting Sees Continued Growth for Sept. 4, 2015
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