These days, everyone’s got their earbuds in. On the subway, during exercise, while doing chores around the house. Audio consumption is booming, and evolving beyond the talk radio style of most podcasts to expand into the fictional territory of audiobooks. This might well be the start of the immersive audiobook revolution.
The economic downturn continues. This time, it’s the once white-hot podcasting sector’s turn to descend into a celebrity-fueled wasteland where dreams go to die and the zeitgeist is measured in ad dollars. After 15 years of serving up audio, stalwart podcast app Stitcher will be sunsetted on August 29th, 2023.
