Slate’s Jacob Weisberg on Podcasting: “It’s the Most Intense User Experience of Any Medium”

PHOENIX – The audio podcast, long cast aside by many news organizations, is finding a resurgence.   Says Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of Slate Group in this interview with Beet.TV While there has been new attention for podcasts with the success of Serial, Slate has been producing them since 1999.  He says “as a journalist, I […]

 
 

Slate Publisher Sees ‘Huge Business’ Potential In Podcasts

CHICAGO — For many, it is a forgotten medium that never quite fulfilled its promise. But podcast publishers who have done well tend to have done really well. Webzine Slate, a veteran talk podcast show producer, had six million downloads last month, publisher Anthony DeMaio tells Beet.TV in this video interview. “We think there’s a huge […]