The Future of Podcasting

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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Technology, Business, Careers

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, Jack Davenport discusses the significant growth of Goalhanger, expanding from 5 to 28 employees within a year, focusing on the development of a video team to support YouTube and social media content. The conversation reveals the strategic shifts in hiring to support content production, commercial strategies, and the importance of senior hires for organizational balance. Jack also touches on the challenges of scaling a podcast company, the move towards video content to reach broader audiences, and the future of podcasting and its job market. Moreover, Jack shares anecdotes of working with high-profile talent and the strategic thinking behind launching successful shows. The discussion encapsulates the fluid and expansive nature of media production careers and the evolving landscape of podcasting as a medium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.3	Jack Davenport is probably the most powerful person in podcasting and I bet you haven't heard of him.
0:36.0	He co-founded and became managing director of Goldhanger Podcasts, the largest independent podcast network in the UK.
0:44.0	It's easier to make a show that works for 200 million people.
0:48.0	You may recognize his co-founder.
0:50.0	But if Linnaker is the face, then Davenport is the brains.
0:54.0	Their stable includes, the rest is politics, the rest is entertainment, the rest is football,
1:00.0	and the rest is history.
1:02.0	Goalhanger podcast has a stable of shows that do 30 million downloads a month.
1:08.0	We chatted to him about the future of podcasting.
1:12.0	The future of podcasting is that does
1:13.7	everything need to be videoed? Probably 90% of the people I've heard in the last
1:17.0	six to nine months have been doing that. And where he thinks the mega shows are
1:22.3	heading next.
1:23.6	If we've got this far without really trying to do it,
1:26.0	if we start focusing on it, it's going to be important.
1:31.1	Jack, Linnaker. But I mean if we're talking about now the answer to all of them is probably going to be
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