The Ledger, every show
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Pittman: iHeartMedia generates 90% of all podcast industry profits
“And we are now the size of the next two podcast publishers combined. And we prime, so we got the more, more downloads than anyone else by a mile. We've also got more revenue than everybody. But what we really have is we're probably the only podcaster that has …”
Pittman: Top 1% of podcasts generate 99% of industry ad revenue
“Oh, it's probably more than that. It's probably, you know, given how many podcasts there are today, it's gotta be one 99.”
Pittman: Half of US internet traffic once flowed through AOL
“Half of the traffic of the internet came through AOL in the US.”
Pittman: 70-80% of streaming users discover music via FM radio
“By the way, 70, 80% of Spotify, Pandora, et cetera, listeners, the main way they discover new music is FM radio.”
Pittman: iHeartMedia radio reaches 90% of Americans monthly
“Our radio group alone reaches 90% of Americans every month. Only two companies come close to that, and they don't surpass it. It's Facebook and Google. Everybody else, the biggest TV network in the US reaches about 35% of Americans. Biggest cable network reach…”
Pittman: Companies advertising through COVID saw 17-18% sales gains
“And there was a study done during the last in the pandemic that I, and I may have my numbers wrong, but it's directionally right. Companies that cut back their advertising saw about a 17% drop in, in sales. Companies that advertise through the pandemic saw abo…”
Pittman: MTV omitted Neil Armstrong's quote because Armstrong refused permission
“When I was at MTV, we used to have the, you know, Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, planting the flag, and we originally were going to have one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, and then Neil Armstrong said we couldn't use his voice, so we neve…”
Pittman: iHeart Music Awards doubles Super Bowl social impressions
“When we do the iHeart Music Awards, we get twice, twice the social impressions of the Super Bowl or the Grammys.”
Pittman: Podcasting is iHeartMedia's business least affected by recession
“No, look, I think podcasting is, of all the businesses we have, is the least affected by the macro, because it has such a fundamental strength.”
Pittman: iHeartMedia traditional ad revenue dropped 40% in April 2020
“Traditional advertising I think in the month of April of 2020, advertising revenue dropped 40%.”
Pittman: Tom Brokaw started his media career as a radio DJ
“Tom Brokaw, one of the great newscasters on NBC, See started in Yankton, South Dakota as a, as an on-air disc jockey.”