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Political Podcast Ad Spending Has Nearly Doubled. Is It Eating TV’s Lunch? | Analysis

Political podcast ad spending has nearly doubled in two years, but there’s little evidence the growth is coming at the expense of TV news.

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YouTube is making podcasts competitors for TV attention, but there’s little evidence their ad growth is coming at TV news’ expense Political podcasts increasingly look and function like television. Distributed through YouTube and available on connected TVs, they compete with cable and broadcast news for political attention — raising a consequential question for the television business: Are advertising dollars leaving for the newer, sexier medium?

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