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Studies Reveal Advertising in Podcasts and Online Shows are Three Times as Effective as Other Online Video Ads

Ad Effectiveness Measures High Across Four Product Categories Over Two Years
April 7, 2008

Podtrac Announces TrueTrackSM the First Automatically Distributed Platform-Independent Play Measurement System for Audio & Video Podcasts on PCs and Portable Devices

Podtrac's Intra-File Play Measurement Technology Fulfills Advertising Industry's Play Data Requirement to Fully Embrace Podcast & Serial Video Clip Advertising
September 28, 2007

Podtrac Announces the First Online Media Planning Service for Podcasts and Serial Video Clips

Podtrac Helps Advertisers Find Brand Appropriate Target Audiences in Serial Audio and Video Content
February 21, 2007

Podtrac Announces GoDaddy.com Podcast Advertising Campaign with the First Custom-Produced Podcast Advertisement Episode of French Maid TV

Podtrac Brings GoDaddy.com to French Maid TV as First Advertiser
September 29, 2006

Podtrac Announces Podtrac Superlatives and New Measurement Data at Advertising Research Federation's 1st Audience Measurement Symposium

Podtrac's CEO Mark McCrery is Speaking on Emerging Media Measurement Challenges
June 20, 2006

Podtrac Reveals New Data From Its Largest Worldwide Database of Podcasting Demographics

MRI Index is Off the Charts for Podcast Listeners and Viewers
May 30, 2006

Podtrac Opens for Ad Sales and Starts First Podcast On-Line Advertising Auction

On-line Auction will Help Determine Ad Rates for the Podcasting Market and Now Podtrac Advertising Services include Detailed Demographic Profiles, Online Media Kits and Customized Media Planning
January 17, 2006

Men are Listening to Podcasts but Women are Getting Hooked, Too

Study Finds That Today’s Podcast Audience is Largely Male but Females are Just as Likely to Have Listened in the Past Week
December 27, 2005

Mediamark Research Inc. and Podtrac Combine Forces to Offer the Advertising and Podcast Industries Audio and Video Podcast Demographics

Free Analysis of Individual Podcast Audiences Offered to Advertisers and Podcasters through Podtrac.com
November 11, 2005

Podtrac Launches First Advertising Infrastructure and Sales Service for the Podcasting Market

Podtrac Provides Free Podcast Audience Profiles, Third Party Measurement, Industry Proven Demographics and Targeted Advertising Capabilities to Best Buy and Sell Podcast Sponsorships and Advertisements
November 11, 2005

Corporate Fact Sheet




Podtrac in the News

Podcast Advertising - Not To Be Overlooked?

WildBlueSkies, Apr. 26, 2008

Remember Podcasting? Listeners Do.

Emarketer, Apr. 24, 2008

Podcast Ads 7 Times As Effective As Television Ads

Podcasting News, Apr. 24, 2008

Amazing Ad Recall Rates from Podcasts, Online Video Shows

Marketing Vox, Apr. 22, 2008

Amazing Ad Recall Rates from Podcasts, Online Video Shows

Marketing Charts, Apr. 21, 2008

Report: Podcasts Thrice as Effective as Online Ads

Adotas, Apr. 16, 2008

Study: Podcasts Benefit Brands

Mediaweek, Apr. 7, 2008

A Free Research and Planning Tool, for Podcasts Only

ClickZ, Feb. 14, 2007

Podtrac Unveils Web-Based Media Planner

MediaWeek, Feb. 14, 2007

The Next Big Ad Medium: Podcasts

BusinessWeek, Feb. 14, 2007

Podtrac hopes new tool gets advertisers comfortable

MarketWatch, Feb. 14, 2007

Podcasting Expected to Surge

BizReport, Feb. 13, 2007

Google Credited for Podcasting Potential

iMedia Connection, Feb. 12, 2007

Google Seen Powering Podcast Ad Growth

MarketWatch, Feb. 12, 2007

Podcasting to Generate $400 Mil. in Ads by 2011

MediaWeek, Feb. 12, 2007

Study: Podcasts To Hatch

MediaWeek, Feb. 12, 2007

Online Video Advertising Heats Up

GigaOM, Jan. 22, 2007

GoDaddy Launches FrenchMaid TV

Web Host Industry News, Oct. 2, 2006

Podcaster of the Year Wants Name Change

MarketWatch, Sept. 29, 2006

Podcasters Plead For Microsoft's Help

Information Week/Tech Web, Sept. 29, 2006

Podtrac Launches GoDaddy.com Podcast Ad Campaign

Adotas, Sept. 29, 2006

HBO Promotes Via Podcasts

MediaWeek, March 7, 2006

HBO Promotes 'Big Love' on Podcast Network

AdAge.com, March 7, 2006

The New Hub for Original ‘TV’ Content

E-Commerce Times, January 24, 2006; TechNewsWorld.com, January 24, 2006; MacNewsWorld, CA, January 24, 2006

Ads for Podcasts Being Auctioned

The Columbus Dispatch, January 23, 2006

Auction to Set Prices for Podcast Ads

The Buffalo News, January 23, 2006

Is the Web the New Hollywood?

BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance, January 23, 2006; BusinessWeek, January 22, 2006

“Dear MPAA…..”

BusinessWeek Online, January 19, 2006

Friday Fodder: Week in Review

iMedia Connection, January 19, 2006

Podcast Ad Networks Launch

ClickZ, January 18, 2006

Podtrac Starts Online Auction for Podcast Advertising

Digital Podcast News, CA January 18, 2006

Podtrac Launches Podcast Ad Auction

Media Buyer Planner, MD, January 18, 2006

Internet Daily Auction to Determine Price of Podcast Commercials

MarketWatch, January 17, 2006; Investor's Business Daily, January 17, 2006

Advertisers to Bid For Ad Space on Podcasts

TechWeb via Yahoo!, January 17, 2006; InternetWeek, January 17, 2006; InformationWeek, January 17, 2006

Podtrac Opens for Ad Sales and Starts First Podcast On-Line Advertising Auction

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, January 17, 2006; Digital Marketing, ElectricNews.Net, Ireland, January 13, 2006

Who's Listening to Podcasts?

eMarketer, January 9,2006

Podcasts: A Guy Thing?

CyberJournalist.com, January 5, 2006; ZDNet India, December 28, 2005; CNet, December 27, 2005

Podcasting Strong Point Also Its Limitation

Audio Graphics, OH, January 3, 2006

Podcasting Still Mostly a Man's World

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 2, 2006

Podtrac Reports Podcast Demographics Shifting

PR Week, January 2, 2006

Survey: More Women Tune In to Podcasts

Linux Pipeline, December 30, 2005

The Year of the Podcast

Slate, December 30, 2005

Podcast Explosion

Knoxville News Sentinel, TN, December 29, 2005

Women Becoming More Interested in the Web, Says Study

Playfuls.com, Romania, December 29, 2005

Podcasting is Mostly a ‘Guy Thing’

AdWeek.com, December 29, 2005

Women Narrow the Internet Gender Gap, Survey Finds

Washington Post, December 28, 2005

Podcasts: Pretty Much Just for Blokes

CNet.co.uk, December 28, 2005

Podcasts: A Guy Thing?

CNet News.com, December 28,2005

Podcasts for Men Only?

seattlepi.com Buzzworthy, December 28, 2005

78% of Podcast Listeners are Male

Survey Strategiy, United Arab Emirates, December 28, 2005

More Women Tuning Into Podcasts

WebProNews, KY, December 28, 2005; InternetWeek, December 27, 2005; CMPnetAsia, Singapore, December 27, 2005; Personal Tech Pipeline, NY, December 27, 2005

The Demographics of Podcasting

DesignTechnica, December 27, 2005

Men are Listening to Podcasts but Women are Getting Hooked Too

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, December 27, 2005

Only 11% of US Adult Internet Users Have Heard a Podcast Says…

IT News Online, India, December 27, 2005

Companies Looked to Organize and Monetize Podcasters

Vegas Buzz, December 5, 2005

Indie Podcasting: Not So Independent Anymore

BusinessWeek Online, November 30, 2005

Podcasting Riches -- Some amateur net radio shows have hit the advertising jackpot

San Jose Mercury News, November 28, 2005

Search engines, ad services illustrate podcast explosion

Associated Press, November 17, 2005

Companies Offer Ways to Monetize Podcasts, RSS

Editor & Publisher, November 15, 2005

New Partnership Offers Podcast Stats

WebProNews, November 15, 2005

Podcasting Roundup: Advertising Metrics and the Search for Solutions

PaidContent.org, November 14, 2005

Podtrac Provides New Metrics

MediaWeek, November 14, 2005

Profits May Rock Podcasting World

Wired News, November 14, 2005

Service Hooks Up Advertisers With Podcasters

InformationWeek, November 14, 2005; InternetWeek, November 14, 2005

Podtrac Launches First Advertising Infrastructure and Service for the Podcasting Market

Yahoo! Finance, November 11, 2005; Podcasting News, November 13, 2005; Surfwax Personal Finance News, November 12, 2005

Podtrac Launches Free Podcast Advertising Service

Podcast News, Podcast Advertising, November 12, 2005

Device Tallies Podcast Audiences

The Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2005

Portable Media Expo - Leo Laporte Presents 'Podcasting Your Passion' Keynote

iPod Observer, November 11, 2005

Internet Daily: Startup Podtrac Beats 'Podfather' to Market

MarketWatch, November 10, 2005

Curry in Podcast Convention Clash

Wired News, November 8, 2005


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