I won't dally because there is a lot going on. Adnan Syed of serial is free, and we are opening up the Hot Pod Summit lottery.
There is a new audiobook service in the US.
Today is the day that audiobooks are added to the app. The feature is similar to a traditional audiobook service in that it requires users to buy each book they want to listen to.
Similar to Apple Books, users in the US can buy individual audiobooks from a library of 300,000 titles. Listeners can browse and sample audiobooks in the app, and once they pick a title they want to buy, they'll be directed off the app to make the purchase. This is not the same as the credit system used by audiobooks.com, in which subscribers pay a flat fee of $14.95 a month for a credit that can be applied to any audiobook in its library, regardless of retail price. The current model is just a starting point according to the head of audiobooks at the service.
The company wants to bring audiobooks into the future.
While we have ambitions to introduce new audiobook business models in the future, in speaking with partners across the industry, we felt that la carte was the best way to begin activation. The company wants to bring audiobooks into the future.
Major publishing houses as well as independents and creator-made content are included in the library. Findaway is an audiobook company that allows amateur audiobook authors to make money from their work. The Findaway app could be a key to the new business models that are being talked about.
There could be opportunities to advertise within audiobooks according to the company's chief of content and advertising, Dawn Ostroff. It won't be part of the launch today, but it is something the company is looking at for the future. Ad revenue is more likely to be accepted by a self-published audiobook author than by a major publisher.
There is a lot of upside to the idea of free, ad-supported audiobook listening. While users often have to download a separate app to access audiobooks, putting the audiobook section in the main app could expose a lot of people to the medium.
Half of the US population has never heard of an audiobook. If you can get someone to try one, it will be a net positive for everyone.
It's part of its attempt to become less dependent on music. Music is expensive due to mechanical and publishing royalties. Even though podcasting is not yet profitable, the company has spent more than $1 billion on technology. The goal is to make investors happy and keep users in the app.
Adnan Syed spent 23 years in prison.
Adnan Syed has been released. Twenty-three years after he was sentenced for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, a Baltimore judge threw out his case at the request of state prosecutors. The shocking turn of events has thrust Serial back into the public eye.
The first blockbuster podcasts were the ones that explored the shaky ground on which Syed's conviction was built. It spawned a number of true crime imitators and helped create the medium as we know it today. It isn't without its critics. The attorney and childhood friend of Syed's who first brought the case to the show has criticized the show for what it chose to leave out. After the show ended, Chaudry told her version of events in a book, a documentary, and a podcast.
The events of the past week have sparked debates over the handling of Syed's story and whether it deserves credit. If it wasn't for Serial, the state wouldn't have paid Syed's case the attention it has, while others say its reporting was flawed and the credit really belongs to Chaudry.
The first new episode of the serial since March was posted on the site. The show is the top show on Apple Podcasts and is ranked 26th on the streaming service. Undisclosed is ranked 24th on Apple.
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