Greg Glenday

Three podcast leaders on how they got to scale and why it's still early.

In a guest piece for Sounds Profitable, Quill and co-host CEO Fatima Zaidi sat down with the podcast movement NYC Group of ACAS CEO Greg Glenday, Oxford Road CEO Dan Granger, and Triton Digital CRO Sharon Taylor to ask them how their companies reach scale.

None of them credited a hit show or shiny campaign.

Glenday's answer was, quote, boring but alignment, end quote, as his first two years went into focusing a company that had grown in several directions all at once, stepping back from apps and subscriptions to settle on, quote, the infrastructure for independent creators, end quote.

First up, three leaders on how they got scale and why it's still early.

In a guest piece for Sounds Profitable, Quill and co-host founder Fatima Zaidi interviews ACAST CEO Greg Glenday, Oxford Road CEO Dan Granger, and Triton Digital CRO Sharon Taylor at podcast movement New York City about how their companies reach scale.

Glenday credits alignment and says ACAST narrowed its identity to infrastructure for independent creators.

Granger describes integrating Oxford Road and Veritone One after their October 2024 merger and Taylor points to easier access to capital at an established company.

so that some podcasters will do content in one fashion and then they'll change it as they go along.

CEO Greg Glenday says that the industry spent years arguing over formats, but audiences moved on long ago.

A podcast fan's decision isn't driven by format loyalty, it's driven by whether they're driving at 7 a.m. or on the couch at 9 p.m.

They surveyed 4,300 people ages 60 to 64 across 13 countries.

That theme of quality over anxiety carried to a later panel in Spotify's Skip Button Test.

Acast CEO Greg Glenday noted that some creators had pulled their shows from Spotify in response to the test of the button, but he argued the industry should raise ad quality rather than fear transparency.

Right Side Up's Christina Rubino was blunter about the creator nerves.

Quote, if your ads suck, maybe you should do better.

Quote, "If your ads suck, maybe you should do better," end quote.

Acast CEO Greg Glenday argued the industry should raise ad quality rather than fear transparency.

As Rubino said, quote, "If you're afraid of sharing consumption data with your advertisers, you have a deeper problem," end quote.

The team behind Serial also announced Metro, an upcoming always-on narrative series launching in October with companion short-form video.

Acast has named former Apple and Meta product leader Mark Bulling its VP product and has promoted Ricardo Netto to managing director of U.S. sales.

On the latest Pod News Weekly Review, as a leaf blower rapidly approaches my window, ACAST CEO Greg Glenday and Backyard Ventures CEO Matt Cisneros discuss why ACAST bought the U.S.

Creator Network in a $20 million deal.

Marketexter Ari Paparo argues Google's antitrust remedy may matter more than the hot take suggests, breaking down how forcing ADX to bid into pre-bid and Google Ads to bid across rival exchanges could reshape the open web ad market.

Acast has named former Apple and Meta product leader Mark Bulling its VP product and has promoted Ricardo Netto to managing director of U.S. sales.

On the latest Pod News Weekly Review, as a leaf blower rapidly approaches my window, ACAST CEO Greg Glenday and Backyard Venture CEO Matt Cisneros discuss why ACAST bought the U.S.

Creator Network in a $20 million deal.

Marketexter Ari Paparo argues Google's antitrust remedy may matter more than the hot take suggests, breaking down how forcing ADX to bid into pre-bid and Google Ads to bid across rival exchanges could reshape the open web ad market.