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BlogTalkRadio gave everyone a radio station. The telephone was the trick.
A phone call became a live show, then a podcast. BlogTalkRadio made broadcasting approachable - and its January 2025 closure exposed how much a creator can leave inside somebody else’s platform.
AdsWizz sells the moments your screen can’t reach
The SiriusXM-owned company built a business around a peculiar advantage: people can listen when they cannot look. Its next opportunity lies in fixing the machinery behind the ad break.
Podeo
Podeo is a Dubai-based podcast platform that gives creators an end-to-end toolkit to record, host, produce, distribute and monetize their shows. Started in Beirut and now the largest podcast platform in the Middle East and North Africa, it has onboarded more than 100,000 creators reaching an audience of roughly 50 million listeners. Its distinguishing move is distribution beyond the usual apps - pushing audio into radio stations, airlines, ride-hailing, gaming and chat apps - paired with a programmatic advertising model that keeps the service free for creators while sharing revenue as their audiences grow.