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PBS NewsHour

Podcast industry faces challenges after explosive growth

Season 2024 Episode 87 | 7m 42s

An estimated 505 million people will listen to podcasts in 2024, the most in the medium’s short history. Since the term podcast was coined in 2004, the format has grown into a $25 billion industry. But the industry's expansion has also come with major growing pains. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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