{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Podcast industry faces challenges after explosive growth","publication_date":"March 26, 2024","summary":"An estimated 505 million people will listen to podcasts in 2024, the most in the medium's short history. Since the term podcast was coined in 2004, the format has grown into a $25 billion industry. But the industry's expansion has also come with major growing pains. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Connor Seitchik","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2024\/03\/1abeb8fb0290c6351ba80f6ff1e81e4b-podcast-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}